Who and Where are the Poor?
Source: Jeffrey Sachs (2005)
The End of Poverty: How we can make it happen in our lifetime,
Pages: 20- 25,
Penguin Books, London
ISBN
0141018666 price £7.99
Jeffery Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet
Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy
Management at Colombia University as well as Special Advisor to the United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is internationally renowned for
his work as economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern
Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa.
Who and Where are the Poor? - There
are many definitions, as well as intense debates, about the exact numbers
of the poor, where they live, and how their numbers and economic
conditions are changing over time. It is useful to start with what is
agreed, and then to mention some of the areas of debate. As a matter of
definition, it is useful to distinguish between three degrees of poverty:
extreme (or absolute) poverty; moderate poverty; and relative poverty
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