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Many Dimensions of Poverty

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Nanak Kakwani

    1. University of Sydney, Australia
      International Poverty Centre, Brazil

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  2. Jacques Silber

    1. Bar-Ilan University, Israel

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With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Different Disciplines, Different Perceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues

      • Erik Thorbecke
      Pages 3-19

    3. Measuring Poverty: The Case for a Sociological Approach

      • David B. Grusky, Kim A. Weeden
      Pages 20-35

    4. Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures

      • Sara Berry
      Pages 36-51

    5. The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective

      • Alice Sindzingre
      Pages 52-74

    6. The Subjective Dimension of Poverty: A Psychological Viewpoint

      • Joaquina Palomar Lever
      Pages 75-85

  3. On Poverty and Freedom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty

      • Sabina Alkire
      Pages 89-119

    3. On the Concept and Measurement of Empowerment

      • Ruth Alsop
      Pages 120-139

    4. Participation, Pluralism and Perceptions of Poverty

      • Robert Chambers
      Pages 140-164

    5. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty: The South African Experience

      • Linda Jansen van Rensburg
      Pages 165-183

  4. Extending the Concept of Multidimensional Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Identifying and Measuring Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures?

      • David Hulme, Andy McKay
      Pages 187-214

    3. Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty

      • Cesar Calvo, Stefan Dercon
      Pages 215-228

  5. Critical Policy Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. On the Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation

      • Marcelo Côrtes Nerì, Marcelo Casal de Xerez
      Pages 231-250

    3. On Assessing Pro-Poorness of Government Programmes: International Comparisons

      • Nanak Kakwani, Hyun H. Son
      Pages 251-274

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 275-279
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Nanak Kakwani

  • International Poverty Centre, Brazil

    Nanak Kakwani

  • Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Jacques Silber

About the editors

SABINA ALKIRE Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA RUTH ALSOP The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA SARA BERRY Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA CESAR CALVO University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ROBERT CHAMBERS University of Sussex, Brighton, UK STEFAN DERCON University of Oxford, Oxford, UK DAVID B. GRUSKY Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA DAVID HULME University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ANDY MCKAY University of Bath, Bath, UK MARCELO CÔRTES NERI Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil; Brazilian Institute of Economics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil JOAQUINA PALOMAR LEVER Iberoamerican University, Mexico, DF, Mexico LINDA JANSEN VAN RENSBURG North-West University, South Africa ALICE SINDZINGRE National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK H. SON HYUN International Poverty Centre, Brasilia, Brazil ERIK THORBECKE Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA MARCELO CASAL XEREZ Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil; Brazilian Ministry of Finance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil KIM A. WEEDEN Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

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