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Measuring Socio-Economic Patterns in a Chronic Conflict Situation: Rapid Assessments and a Household Survey in Southern Sudan

Measuring Socio-Economic Patterns in a Chronic Conflict Situation: Rapid Assessments and a... JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ECONOMIES,VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3, PP. 470–503 doi:10.1093/jae/ejk002 online date 2 February 2006 Measuring Socio-Economic Patterns in a Chronic Conflict Situation: Rapid Assessments and a Household Survey in Southern Sudan Patrick D. Mullen Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA 1. Introduction The usual sources of microeconomic data for the measurement of poverty, economic status and economic inequality in less-developed countries are population-representative household surveys of income and consumption (Deaton, 1997). However, due to their cost and complexity, such surveys are often not done, requiring more crea- tive methods to measure socio-economic status. This is particularly the case in chronic conflict and post-conflict situations such as Southern Sudan. The region has experienced civil conflict off and on since Sudan’s independence in 1956, with the most recent phase starting in 1983. A peace agreement signed in 2005 provides hope that the economic and social effects of decades of war will start to be addressed. Measurement of socio-economic patterns in Southern Sudan should inform post-conflict development programs. One method of measuring household socio-economic status is to use data on assets and living conditions from health and education surveys in order to estimate a relative index (Filmer http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African Economies Oxford University Press

Measuring Socio-Economic Patterns in a Chronic Conflict Situation: Rapid Assessments and a Household Survey in Southern Sudan

Journal of African Economies , Volume 15 (3) – Sep 1, 2006

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0963-8024
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JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ECONOMIES,VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3, PP. 470–503 doi:10.1093/jae/ejk002 online date 2 February 2006 Measuring Socio-Economic Patterns in a Chronic Conflict Situation: Rapid Assessments and a Household Survey in Southern Sudan Patrick D. Mullen Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA 1. Introduction The usual sources of microeconomic data for the measurement of poverty, economic status and economic inequality in less-developed countries are population-representative household surveys of income and consumption (Deaton, 1997). However, due to their cost and complexity, such surveys are often not done, requiring more crea- tive methods to measure socio-economic status. This is particularly the case in chronic conflict and post-conflict situations such as Southern Sudan. The region has experienced civil conflict off and on since Sudan’s independence in 1956, with the most recent phase starting in 1983. A peace agreement signed in 2005 provides hope that the economic and social effects of decades of war will start to be addressed. Measurement of socio-economic patterns in Southern Sudan should inform post-conflict development programs. One method of measuring household socio-economic status is to use data on assets and living conditions from health and education surveys in order to estimate a relative index (Filmer

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