Machine generated contents note: 1.Overview: poverty dynamics and persistence in Asia and Africa / Bob Baulch -- 2.Poverty transitions, shocks and consumption in rural Bangladesh, 1996-97 to 2006-07 / Agnes R. Quisumbing -- 3.A poor life? Chronic poverty and downward mobility in rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004 / Catherine Porter -- 4.The determinants and consequences of chronic and transient poverty in Nepal, 1995-96 to 2003-04 / Suman K. Sharma -- 5.Poverty dynamics in rural Sindh, Pakistan, 1987-88 to 2004-05 / Hari Ram Lohani -- 6.Poverty traps and structural poverty in South Africa: reassessing the evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993 to 2004 / Bob Baulch -- 7.Poverty dynamics in Vietnam, 2002 to 2006 / Vu Hoang Dat -- 8.Chronic poverty: what is to be done? / Bob Baulch.