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A look at poverty from a human development perspective. The 1997 edition presents six of the background papers prepared for the 1997 Human Development Report. They present a detailed and up-to-date analysis of poverty which goes beyond traditional income measures of deprivation. Causes and manifestations are also addressed. Discussions surround the theoretical and mathematical background for the development of the Human Poverty Index (HPI); the development of poverty in the current era of globalization of the world economy; poverty in the advanced industrialized countries; various difficulties confronting analysts in traditional approaches to the measurement of poverty; empowerment as an approach to poverty; and income poverty.
