MANY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY

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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 redPreface: N.Kakwani Foreword: N.Lustig Introduction: The Many Dimensions of Poverty: N.Kakwani & J.Silber PART ONE: DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES DIVERSE PERCEPTIONS Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues: E.Thorbecke Measuring Poverty: The Case for a Sociological Approach: D.B.Grusky & K.A.Weeden Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures: S.Berry The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective: A.Sindzingre The Subjective Dimension of Poverty: A Psychological Viewpoint: J.Palomar Lever PART II: ON POVERTY AND FREEDOM The Capability Approach: Mapping Measurement Issues and Choosing Dimensions: S.Alkire On the Concept and Measurement of Empowerment: R.Alsop Participation Pluralism and Perceptions of Poverty: R.Chambers A Human Rights Based Approach to Poverty: L.J.van Rensburg PART III: EXTENDING THE CONCEPT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY Indentifying and Measuring Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures?: D.Hulme & A.McKay Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty: C.Calvo & S.Dercon PART IV: CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES On the Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation: M.C.Neri & M.C.Xerez On Assessing the ProPoorness of Government Programmes: International Comparisons: N.KakwaSABINA ALKIRE Harvard University Massachusetts USARUTH ALSOP The World Bank Washington DC USASARA BERRY Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD USACESAR CALVO University of Oxford Oxford UKROBERT CHAMBERS University of Sussex Brighton UKSTEFAN DERCON University of Oxford Oxford UKDAVID B. GRUSKY Stanford University Stanford CA USADAVID HULME University of Manchester Manchester UKANDY MCKAY University of Bath Bath UKMARCELO CRTES NERI Getlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Brazil: Brazilian Institute of Economics Rio de Janeiro BrazilJOAQUINA PALOMAR LEVER Iberoamerican University Mexico DF MexicoLINDA JANSEN VAN RENSBURG NorthWest University South AfricaALICE SINDZINGRE National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Paris France: School of Oriental and African Studies University of London London UKH. SON HYUN International Poverty Centre Brasilia BrazilERIK THORBECKE Cornell University Ithaca NY USAMARCELO CASAL XEREZ Getlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Brazil: Brazilian Ministry of Finance Rio de Janeiro BrazilKIM A. WEEDEN Cornell University

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