The two poverties
Edición de la obra The two poverties
| Autor | Abhijit Banerjee |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics |
| Fecha de publicación | 2000 |
| Lugar | Cambridge, MA |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 26 |
| OCLC | 49819855 |
| Serie | Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 01-16 · Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 01-16. |
| Número de Cutter | B215t |
There are at least two distinct and inconsistent views of poverty. These views, which can be called "poverty as desperation" and "poverty as vulnerability", have different implications about anti-poverty policy. It is important to confront the conflict between them before data can be applied to tell us whether any of the views are right or even interesting.