Poverty Perceptions Among Rural Herders and Sum Inhabitants of Chuluut Sum, Arkhangai Aimag, Mongolia

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TCP MON 4452 (A)
September 1995

provided by
Rosamund Ebdon
CSD/SCF
Centre for Social Development, IAMD, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
in cooperation with
Stephan Baas, FAO Headquaters officer

Glossary

aimag	province/district
sum	sub-district (rural town)
bag	lowest administrative unit (rural)
khot ail	small collection of herding households

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Causes and Characteristics of Poverty

2.1 Causes of Poverty
2.2 Who are the poor?
2.3 Dimensions of Poverty

III. Potential remedies and solutions to impoverishment as perceived by herders and sum centre inhabitants

IV. Conclusions and recommendations of the study team

V. Appendix