Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Nutrition, Health, and Human Capital Formation
6. 1 Human Capital and Shocks. Evidence on Education, Health, and Nutrition 23
7. 2. Poverty and Cognitive Function 57
8. Comment on Chapters 1 and 2 119
9. II. Psychology of Poverty, Hope, and Aspirations
10. 3. Depression through the Lens of Economics. A Research Agenda 127
11. 4. Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways. Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico 153
12. Comment on Chapters 3 and 4 179
13. III. Imperfect and Incomplete Financial Markets
14. 5. Taking Stock of the Evidence on Microfinancial Interventions 189
15. 6. Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox 223
16. IV. Dynamics and Resilience in Natural Resources and Agriculture
17. 7. Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics. On the Roles of Risk and Ability 265
18. 8. Agroecosystem Productivity and the Dynamic Response to Shocks 291
19. Comment on Chapters 7 and 8 315
20. V. Policy in the Presence of Poverty Trap Mechanisms
21. 9. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End. Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children 325
22. 10. Can Cash Transfers Help Households Escape an Intergenerational Poverty Trap? 357
23. Comment on Chapters 9 and 10 383
24. Contributors 395
25. Author Index 399
26. Subject Index 409