The Two Poverties

31 Pages Posted: 31 May 2001

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Abhijit V. Banerjee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Date Written: March 9, 2000

Abstract

There are at least two distinct and inconsistent views of poverty. These views, which can be called "poverty as desperation" and "poverty as vulnerability", have different implications about anti-poverty policy. It is important to confront the conflict between them before data can be applied to tell us whether any of the views are right or even interesting.

JEL Classification: D31, I32, I38.

Suggested Citation

Banerjee, Abhijit V., The Two Poverties (March 9, 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=271731 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.271731

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