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Rethinking poverty alleviation

A 'Poverties' Approach

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ID5111673
AuthorsEdward R Carr (0000-0001-7784-471X, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume18
Issue6
Pages726-734
Publication date2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614520802386363
OpenAlexW1983956094
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

This article argues that the practice of poverty alleviation is greatly limited by a vision of poverty that fails to capture the locally specific causes of and solutions to the challenges that threaten human well-being. This problematic vision of poverty takes real-world form in such initiatives as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. It is a key reason why this and other contemporary poverty-alleviation efforts do not show greatly improved results compared with previous efforts. By reframing our understanding of the challenges to human well-being from poverty to 'poverties', however, we might envisage a new approach to policy development in relation to poverty that moves us towards a truly sustainable development

Basic needs · Cognitive reframing · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Sustainable development · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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Citations per year0,53
Citation span2009 - 2025 (17)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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