Vulnerability and Poverty Transitions Survey, 2009, First round

Poverty dynamics enables a better appreciation of the extent of poverty over time by distinguishing between households exiting and entering into poverty, those never poor and the persistently poor. However, it has not received much attention in the poverty literature in Nigeria, largely due to the lack of nationally representative panel data that track the poverty status of households over time. This survey intends to provide indicators for tracking the welfare status of rural households overtime as well as identify the factors influencing this status for potent policy prescriptions.