Saith, Ashwani (2005) Poverty lines versus the poor. Economic and Political Weekly, 40 (43). pp. 4601-4610. ISSN 0012-9976
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Is there any redemption for the poverty line approach? Despite its narrow focus, the incomepoverty line approach does yield some pertinent information on its chosen scale, but it is essentially one-dimensional and overlooks the multifaceted nature of human deprivation. This can easily lead to a superficial and misleading understanding of the nature and causes, as well as the cures of human poverty. The grave danger posed by the income-poverty line approach is that it inevitably leads to a misidentification of the poor, and subsequently to the adoption of targeting, monitoring and evaluation criteria which are equally narrow, thus carrying the many blind spots in the concept of deprivation into the operational phase of interventions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.epw.org.in/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 Sameeksha Trust |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2008 11:22 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 13:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/15023 |
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