Many Dimensions of Poverty

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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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.

• economy
• political economy
• poverty
• research
• stress
• development aid

• University of Sydney, Australia

  Nanak Kakwani

• International Poverty Centre, Brazil

  Nanak Kakwani

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel

  Jacques Silber

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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