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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Deb*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:52:41Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:52:41Zen
dc.date.issued2002-05-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520220127658en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130541en
dc.descriptionMany development agencies seek to work on behalf of the 'poor' and the 'poorest of the poor', often creating external definitions of poverty and of people living in poverty that are based on a complex list of things that the poor do not have. There are others who have spearheaded efforts to define poverty based on criteria derived from members of (largely) rural communities, many of whom would be considered poor. All such definitions ultimately result in some type of grouping of people into different categories of 'poor people'. By creating a list of characteristics of poverty, agencies believe that they are better able to target 'the poor' as beneficiaries of interventions to eradicate poverty. This article is intended to challenge development organisations (governmental and non-governmental) to look beyond simple definitions of poverty that are based on static characteristics. It is intended to provoke readers to re-evaluate some of their ideas about definitions of poverty, and to critically examine their agency's role in the business of poverty.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent11en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/insights-on-poverty-130541
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.titleInsights on povertyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.number2en
prism.volume12en


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