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Abstract
This paper reviews recent experiences in poverty analysis
and policy formulation in Namibia. Employing a Q-Squared
approach, the results from a series of qualitative Participatory
Poverty Assessments are used to explore seemingly contradictory
trends in income poverty and inequality emerging from
the quantitative data of a household budget survey.
These differences are then partly reconciled through
further analysis on the quantitative dataset and by
expanding the poverty definition beyond income to include
access to basic services and assets. The effects of
methodological differences and changes between surveys
are also discussed. The paper concludes by highlighting
a series of challenges in translating poverty research
into development policies in Namibia.
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