慢性贫困问题研究新进展

New Research Progress on Chronic Poverty

消除慢性贫困是世界各国经济社会发展的主要任务和共同目标。通过文献梳理发现,慢性贫困形成原因包括资源短缺、暴力冲突、市场扭曲等;其主要特点是持续时间长,而且是多维度和全方位的,具有动态性和脆弱性。学者们构建了一个包括收入、支出和消费、持续时间和过程等在内的慢性贫困分析框架,提出了以贫困识别为基础、从多维度进行衡量的慢性贫困测量方法以及治理慢性贫困的相关政策建议。具体包括:应促进有利于穷人的经济增长,更加关注劳动力市场并促进就业,发展优势产业和特色产业,发挥金融支持和国际援助的重要作用等。

Elimination of chronic poverty is the main task and common goal of the economic and social development of all countries in the world.Chronic poverty is a common phenomenon with complex causes and is difficult to be eliminated.Through literature review,it is found that the causes of chronic poverty include resource shortage,armed conflict,distortion of national and global market,etc.Its main characteristics are long duration,multidimensional and omni-directional,as well as dynamic and fragile;Scholars have constructed a framework for analyzing chronic poverty,from the perspectives of income,expenditure and consumption,duration and process.They put forward poverty measurement methods based on poverty identification,time measurement and multidimensional measurement,as well as relevant countermeasures and suggestions for chronic poverty management,which include promoting economic growth in favor of the poor,paying more attention to the labour market and promoting employment,developing advantageous industries and characteristic industries,giving full play to the important role of financial support and international assistance.