[EQ] The Many Dimensions of Poverty

The Many Dimensions of Poverty

 

Edited by Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber.

International Poverty Centre - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) Brasilia – Brazil

 

Website: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/book.htm

 

“….This book draws together 14 articles that were presented at the IPC-sponsored International Conference on “The Many Dimensions of Poverty”, held in Brasilia in 2005.  It takes a multidisciplinary approach to poverty, including five different perspectives from the disciplines of economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology and institutional economics.

 

There are also studies of chronicity of poverty, the concept of vulnerability, the political economy of poverty alleviation and the pro-poorness of government programs. The broad view of poverty that the book offers is likely to orient research on poverty in directions neglected hitherto and to help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies….”

 

A sample chapter, “Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues”, by Erik Thorbeck
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/paper-seminar/Chapter_1_Many_Dimensions_Poverty.pdf  

 

 

 

 

 

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