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What is poverty? - IPC IG
PovertyInternational poverty CentreUnited Nations Development ProgrammeDecember 2006 what is poverty ?Concepts and measures2 United Nations Development ProgrammeThe international development community has had poverty in focus for more thana decade. At summit meetings and other occasions, world leaders have stated andreconfirmed their agreement that poverty must be reduced and eventually political commitment is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for this tohappen. Analysts, policy-makers and practitioners need appropriate concepts anddedicated measures to enable progress from rhetoric and general policy statementsto action and results on the this issue of IPC s journal poverty in Focus we present ten articles intended to throwlight on the question of how best to define and measure Chambers outlines five clusters of meanings and reminds us of the importance ofthe analysis and views of poor people themselves and their many meanings.
International Poverty Centre Poverty In Focus December 2006 3 The flood of development rhetoric on poverty, the primacy accorded …
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