Exploring local conceptions of poverty, wealth and well-being: field evidence from Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe

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Title:	Exploring local conceptions of poverty, wealth and well-being: field evidence from Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe
Author:	Mtapuri, Oliver
Year:	2008
Periodical:	Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:	33
Issue:	3
Pages:	35-54
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Zimbabwe Southern Africa
Subjects:	poverty Economics, Commerce Poor Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe)--Economic conditions social classes
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483995
Abstract:	This article presents the conceptions of poverty by the poor in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. It seeks to broaden the discussion of poverty around the definition of the poor from the perspective of the poor. A cause-effect framework for poverty analysis is proposed, as well as the introduction of the notion of 'enclavity' within a family in poverty discourse. These are the two primary contributions of this paper. The research suggests that, due to deepening poverty, people create enclaves around husband/wife relationships as a new form of resilience/collectivity. While the poor suffer from a lack of assets, ethics and networks breakdown as a result of poverty. The results suggest, as elsewhere, that poverty is multifaceted, thus arriving at a confluence of conceptions. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]