The authors thank Harold Alderman, Felix Naschold, participants in the November
2004 USAID BASIS CRSP policy conference on Combating Persistent Poverty in
Africa and an anonymous referee for helpful comments on an earlier draft. This
work has been made possible by support from the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), through grant LAG-A-00-96-90016-00 to the
BASIS CRSP, and the Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access (SAGA)
cooperative agreement, number HFM-A-00-01-00132-00. The views expressed here
and any remaining errors are the authors’ and do not represent any official agency.