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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Challenging orthodoxies: Understanding poverty in pastoral areas of East Africa
Development and Change, Volume 39, No. 4, Year 2008
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Understanding and alleviating poverty in Africa continues to receive considerable attention from a range of diverse actors, including politicians, international celebrities, academics, activists and practitioners. Despite the onslaught of interest, there is surprisingly little agreement on what constitutes poverty in rural Africa, how it should be assessed, and what should be done to alleviate it. Based on data from an interdisciplinary study of pastoralism in northern Kenya, this article examines issues of poverty among one of the continent's most vulnerable groups, pastoralists, and challenges the application of such orthodox proxies as incomes/expenditures, geographic remoteness, and market integration. It argues that current poverty debates 'homogenize' the concept of 'pastoralist' by failing to acknowledge the diverse livelihoods and wealth differentiation that fall under the term. The article concludes that what is not needed is another development label (stereotype) that equates pastoralism with poverty, thereby empowering outside interests to transform rather than strengthen pastoral livelihoods. © 2008 Institute of Social Studies.
Authors & Co-Authors
Little, Peter D.
United States, Atlanta
Emory University
McPeak, John G.
United States, Syracuse
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
United States, Syracuse
Syracuse University
Barrett, Christopher B.
United States, Ithaca
Cornell University
Kristjanson, Patricia K.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Statistics
Citations: 169
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00497.x
ISSN:
0012155X
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Kenya