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Environment and urbanization , Vol. 7, No. 1, April 1995173 LIVELIHOODSP overty and livelihoods : whose reality counts? Robert ChambersSUMMARY: This paper explores how professionals univer-sal, reductionist and standardized views of Poverty differ fromthose of the poor themselves. Poverty line thinking concernedwith income- Poverty and employment thinking concerned withjobs, project Northern concerns on the South, where the reali-ties of the poor are local, diverse, often complex and illustrate how poor people s criteria differ from thoseassumed for them by professionals. The paper also discussesneglected dimensions of deprivation including vulnerability,sea sonal i ty , powerl e s sness a nd humil i a ti on.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 7, No. 1, April 1995 173 LIVELIHOODS Poverty and livelihoods: whose reality counts? Robert Chambers SUMMARY: This paper explores how professionals’ univer-

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