Many Dimensions of Poverty

This book shows that poverty is multidimensional and hence needs to be analyzed from a multidisciplinary point of view.

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.

The Economic Approach: Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues–E.Thorbecke * The Sociological Approach: Are There Social Classes? An Empirical Test of the Sociologist’s Favorite Concept–D.Grusky * A Psychological Perspective: The Subjective Dimension of Poverty–J.P.Lever * An Anthropological Approach: Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures–S.Berry * An Institutionalist Perspective–A.Sindzingre * The Legal Approach–L.J.van Rensburg * The Capability Approach–S.Alkire * The Participatory Approach: Participation, Pluralism and Perceptions of Poverty–R.Chambers * On the Concept of Empowerment–R.Alsop * On Vulnerability–C.Calvo & S.Dercon * Indentifying and Understanding Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures–D.Hulme & A.McKay