Many Dimensions of Poverty

This book shows that poverty is multidimensional and hence needs to be analyzed from a multidisciplinary point of view, which has to include economic, sociological, psychological, anthropological, philosophical, legal and evolutionary perspectives. It also presents the new ideas on poverty analysis that have become very popular in recent years - the participatory approach, the concept of empowerment, the notion of vulnerability and the distinction between chronic and transient poverty.

NANAK KAKWANI is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney, Australia. JACQUES SILBER is Professor of Economics at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xiv
Different Disciplines, Different Perceptions	p. 1
Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues	p. 3
Measuring Poverty: The Case for a Sociological Approach	p. 20
Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures	p. 36
The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective	p. 52
The Subjective Dimension of Poverty: A Psychological Viewpoint	p. 75
On Poverty and Freedom	p. 87
Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty	p. 89
On the Concept and Measurement of Empowerment	p. 120
Participation, Pluralism and Perceptions of Poverty	p. 140
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty: The South African Experience	p. 165
Extending the Concept of Multidimensional Poverty	p. 185
Identifying and Measuring Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures?	p. 187
Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty	p. 215
Critical Policy Issues	p. 229
On the Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation	p. 231
On Assessing Pro-Poorness of Government Programmes: International Comparisons	p. 251
Index	p. 275
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