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The Two Poverties

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  • Abhijit Banarjee

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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 this conflict and to try to devise empirical stategies which will help us distinguish between these views.

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  • Abhijit Banarjee, 2000. "The Two Poverties," Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26, pages 129-141.
    • Handle: RePEc:noj:journl:v:26:y:2000:p:129-141
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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