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Bina Agarwal
James K. Boyce
Ankie Hoogvelt
Ravi Kanbur
Martin Ravallion
Amartya Sen
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WIDER WORKING PAPERS
UNDP POVERTY PAPERS archive
TOPICS:
DEFINING/MEASURING POVERTY
Mona Mowafi, "The meaning and measurement of poverty: a look into the global debate." Source. Cache.
IFPRI measuring poverty slides original. HTML. download PPT
Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire, “The Evolution of Thinking about Poverty: Exploring the Interactions" 1999. 33pp.
C.R. Laderchi, R. Saith and F. Stewart, “Everyone Agrees We Need Poverty Reduction, But Not What This Means.” WIDER paper 2003. 42pp.
Amartya Sen, Poverty isn't defined merely by GDP ..."and "From Income Inequality to Economic Inequality."
World Bank, PovertyNet Introduction Page (with live links)
World Bank, World Development Report 2000/1 Attacking Poverty. Chapter 1: The Nature and Evolution of Poverty.
GLOBALIZATION
1992 Human Development Report Global Dimensions of Human Development
"Report on the World Social Situation, 2005," pp.9-29. cache . . on ILO site
Center for Research on Globalization
"Monsanto buys 'terminator seeds' Company"
Does globalization generates more inequality? It seems to be so. . at various levels and in various ways . Now measured in detail in India, where its regional differentiations are become more pronounced . Counter-evidence also exists .
Growth trends and rural poverty: indications of policy problems: "India Shining?" .. Abraham George, "When Poverty Doesn't Count."
Rich country Aid Shortfalls: Oxfam, "Paying the Price" reports and press releases 1, 2, 3.
S.R.Osmani, "The Impact of Globalization on Poverty in Bangladesh."
ANTI-POVERTY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
The End of Poverty in South Asia (World Bank Report, 2006). source cache report tables charts
Micro-credit as a global strategy for fighting poverty ... pursued at the United Nations, complete with Virtual Library on micro-credit (link). World Bank Report on Microcredit in Bangladesh
World Bank, World Development Report 2000/1 Attacking Poverty. (online source link)
Chapter 1: The Nature and Evolution of Poverty.
Chapter 3: Growth, Inequality, and Poverty.
Chapter 4: Making Markets Work Better for Poor People.
Chapter 5: Expanding Poor People's Participation.
Chapter 6: Making State-Institutions More Responsive to Poor People.
Chapter 7: Removing Social Barriers and Building Social Institutions.
Chapter 8: Helping Poor People Manage Risk.
Chapter 9: Managing -Economic Crises and Natural Disasters.
Chapter 10: Harnessing Global Forces for Poor People.
Chapter 11: Reforming Development Cooperation to Attack Poverty
UN Millennium Development Goals.(with live links) (World bank source link) .
Millennium Indicators Database. (live links)
DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES
Manu Bhagavan and Faisal Bari, "(Mis)Representing Economy: Western Media Production and the Impoverishment of South Asia," Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 21, 1&2, 2001.cache (on Project MUSE)
David Korten on sustainable development.
Spatial and Social Disparities: Uneven Development: Gender in Indian States; .. Women in Slums .. Spatial disparities and Maoism in Nepal. ;
Rehman Sobhan, "A Macro Policy for Poverty Eradication through Structural Change."
"Universal human rights" versus "global economic growth" policy orientations: Mary Robinson, ActionAid , Alex Callinicos on 2004 World Social Forum .
Amartya Sen argues for the primacy of political rights . Jean Dreze argues that elitist policy does not help poor people. thus Sen and Dreze call for public action as remedy for hunger . See Hunger and public action by Jean Dráeze and Amartya Sen. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989; included in The Amartya Sen and Jean Dráeze omnibus: comprising Poverty and famines, Hunger and public action, India: economic development and social opportunity , by Amartya Sen, Jean Dráeze. (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999).
HUNGER and FOOD SUPPLY
Peter Uvin, “The State of World Hunger.” ... FAO DES data map. What is ACC/SCN?
Introduction in Laurie DeRose, Ellen Messer, and Sara Millman, Who's hungry? And how do we know? Food shortage, poverty, and deprivation. United Nations University, 1998. (the whole book is online).
Tomorrow's Hunger: vulnerability analysis
MEDIA BRIEF: WFP's HUNGER MAP AND HUNGER HOT SPOTS 2001
HUNGER AND HEALTH:
Powerpoint slides 2. view HTML. download PPT
Hunger Cause-Effect GIF
BMI calculator
Using Middle Upper Arm Circumference to assess severe adult malnutrition
Stunting and Wasting
Fetus malnutrition and stunting
The costs of low birthweight
LBW prevention in US (March of Dimes)
Racial differences in LBW trends in US
NUTRITION/POVERTY ISSUES
"Anemia in India." Source. Cache.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
David Ludden, "Development Regimes in South Asia: History and the Governance Conundrum" (orginal in Economic and Political Weekly, 10 Sept 2005)
Laura Curran. "The culture of race, class, and poverty: the emergence of a cultural discourse in early cold war social work (1946-1963)".
Thomas W. Pogge, "Economic Justice and National Borders."
E.Rosenbaum, "What is a Market: On the Methodology of a Contested Concept "
Amartya Sen, "Economic Metholodogy: Heterogeneity and Relevance."
Amartya Sen, " ... Gender Inequality " ... " "Missing Women,"
Cecile Jackson, “Women and Poverty or Gender and Well-Being?”
C.Cozzarelli, MJ Tagler, AV Wilkinson, "Do middle class students perceive poor women and poor men differently."
Steven Pressman, "Explaining the Gender Poverty Gap in Developed and Transitional Economies."
Ellen Messer, Conflict as a cause of hunger, Armed Conflict and Hunger
World Bank, World Development Report 2000/1.Chapter 1, The Nature and Evolution of Poverty. and Chapter 2: Causes of Poverty and a Framework for Action.
INEQUALITY
World Development Report 2006: EQUITY . . cache . . . online
Simon Kuznets, "Economic Growth and Economic Inequality," American Economic Review, 1955 JSTOR
Articles on inequality from JSTOR American Economic Review ... including Does Caste Still Define Disparity? A Look at Inequality in Kerala, India, pp. 322-325, by Ashwini Deshpande
Eve Crowley, "Rural Poverty: Population Dynamics, Local Institutions, and Access to Resources."
James K. Boyce, "Let the eat risk? Wealth, rights, and disaster vulnerability."
S.M.Mursed and Scott Gates,"Spatial-Horizontal Inequality and Maoist Insurgency in Nepal."
B.K.Gellert and B.D.Lynch,"MegaProjects as Displacements."
Jean Dreze and Haris Gasdar, "Hunger and Poverty in Iraq, 1991."
Human Development Report 1998 overview.
Human Development Report 2005 Chapter 2, Inequality
Mark Weisbrot et al, "Scorecard on globalization: Twenty Years of Diminished Progress, 1980-2000"
Amartya Sen, "How to judge globalism," The American Prospect , Jan 1, 2002
Interview with Ankie Hoogvelt (original) why globalization is not so global and all-inclusive as the word indicates. .. and this separation of economic zones amidst globalization is described as structural disarticulation ---
Jie Huang, "Structural Disarticulation and Third World Human Development."