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Altruism and Poverty in an African Context

In: The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism

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  • François-Régis Mahieu

    (University of Versailles)

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Absolute or relative poverty is a constraint on entitlements and thus on personal behaviour. But in most cases, people react by using their social environment: community, family, neighbourhood, kinship groups, informal markets, or any other possible social network. These networks are roughly based on altruistic interactions that are, in this chapter, materialized in informal transfers or pluri-activity.

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  • François-Régis Mahieu, 2000. "Altruism and Poverty in an African Context," International Economic Association Series, in: L.-A. Gérard-Varet & S.-C. Kolm & J. Mercier Ythier (ed.), The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism, chapter 10, pages 196-203, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-62745-5_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-62745-5_10
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    1. Kazianga, H., 2006. "Motives for household private transfers in Burkina Faso," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(1), pages 73-117, February.

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