Understanding mountain poverty in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
In this report, the determinants of economic poverty in mountain areas are analysed using nationally representative livelihood data at the household level. Economic poverty has a central position, because it is perceived to be at the very core of the poverty definition: the inability to fulfil basic needs. Other poverty dimensions, for example a lack of basic facilities and lack of education, are included in the form of predictors of economic poverty, together with other socioeconomic indicators. This approach makes it possible to analyse the relationship between, and impact of, different forms of poverty on the lack of economic resources. The overall aim of the poverty analysis was to identify, understand, and substantiate the specificity of mountain poverty. The framework highlights particular aspects of the causes of poverty in mountains and how they differ from those in the plains.