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Attitudes to Chronic Poverty in the "Global Village"

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  • Barrientos, Armando
  • Neff, Daniel

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The paper explores attitudes to chronic poverty in a cross-section of developed and developing countries based on data from the World Values Survey Wave Three (1994-1998). The analysis finds a consistent belief among a majority of respondents that poverty is chronic. This paper also explores the factors that influence public attitudes to chronic poverty and finds that interests, position, knowledge, and shared values relating to social justice are important.

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  • Barrientos, Armando & Neff, Daniel, 2010. "Attitudes to Chronic Poverty in the "Global Village"," GIGA Working Papers 134, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
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    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • 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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