The monetization of global poverty
The concept of poverty in World Bank history, 1944–90
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob Konkel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 276-300 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022814000072 |
| OpenAlex | W2106408471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article traces the history of the concept of poverty within the institutional framework of the World Bank, from its inception to its establishment of the dollar-a-day global poverty threshold. The Bank's evolving conceptualization of poverty and how it related to the development process affected the policies that were advanced to boost the productivity of underdeveloped countries. Internal and external influences and constraints conditioned the Bank's approach to poverty and its alleviation from the beginning, when poverty was conceived as a political issue beyond the scope of the Bank's mandate. Separating the political implications of poverty alleviation from the Bank's development agenda was tenuous, and by the 1970s a universal, absolute concept of poverty became the focal point of Bank operations. The eventual monetization of global poverty reflected the increasingly technical nature of the Bank's development work and its need for a practical yardstick by which to measure the success of its anti-poverty policies
Basic needs · Conceptualization · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Macroeconomics · Monetization · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Economic Theory and Policy · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid
The Politics of Poverty
The Global Rise of Social Cash Transfers
Finanzas internacionales entre dos eras
Social policy by numbers. How international organisations construct global policy proposals
Paradigm and nexus
The meaning of poverty matters
Outside the Economy
The Focus on Poverty in the Most Influential Journals in Economics
Bearing tales
Whither growth? International development, social indicators, and the politics of measurement, 1920s–1970s
Introduction
The Silence of Numbers
International development and the social sciences
The World Bank since Bretton Woods
First things first
The World Bank
Economic Growth and Income Inequality
The idea of poverty
Poverty Knowledge
Poverty and Famines
The World Bank and the politics of productivity
US hegemony and the World Bank
The World Bank's Early Reflections on Development
The UN and Development Thinking and Practice
Indicators of development
From correlates and characteristics to causes
The World Bank
The politics of productivity
New development approaches and the adaptability of international agencies
Meaning versus measurement
Redistribution with Growth
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |