Poverty Reduction

Isabel Ortiz

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The paper reviews poverty trends and measurements, poverty reduction in historical perspective, the poverty-inequality-growth debate, national poverty reduction strategies, criticisms of the agenda and the need for redistribution, international policies for poverty reduction, and ultimately understanding poverty at a global scale. It belongs to a series of backgrounders developed at Joseph Stiglitz's Initiative for Policy Dialogue.

Keywords: poverty; reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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