Poverty: A Persistent Global Reality

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
The meaning and measurement of poverty......Page 18
The definitions of poverty......Page 20
The measurement of poverty......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 33
Australia......Page 37
The appropriate definition of poverty......Page 39
The incidence of poverty......Page 41
Groups most affected by poverty......Page 43
Factors contributing to poverty in Australia......Page 48
The social welfare responses to poverty in Australia......Page 51
Anti-poverty programmes in Australia......Page 57
The likelihood of poverty in Australia in the future......Page 58
Canada......Page 62
The people: some demographic characteristics......Page 65
The historical and political context of poverty......Page 67
Poverty: the problem of an appropriate definition......Page 72
The incidence of poverty......Page 73
Groups most affected by poverty......Page 75
Government and non-government responses to poverty......Page 77
Conclusion: future prospects......Page 81
Hong Kong......Page 91
The background to poverty in Hong Kong......Page 93
Poverty and social assistance......Page 96
The future......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 107
Ireland......Page 110
Measuring poverty......Page 112
The incidence of poverty......Page 115
Who are the poor?......Page 119
Social security responses to poverty......Page 122
Anti-poverty programmes......Page 125
Future prospects and strategies......Page 129
Malta......Page 133
The concept of relative poverty and its measurement......Page 135
Quality-of-life and relative poverty......Page 137
Incidence of relative poverty......Page 142
Reasons for the extent of relative poverty......Page 144
Reducing the extent of relative poverty: future prospects and strategies......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 150
Netherlands......Page 153
Poverty in the Netherlands......Page 157
Groups most affected by poverty......Page 169
Policy responses to poverty......Page 173
Evaluation of anti-poverty programmes......Page 177
Future prospects and strategies......Page 181
The policy implications of poverty research......Page 184
Philippines......Page 188
The Philippines: a country profile......Page 189
Debt, development and poverty alleviation......Page 195
The concept of poverty in the Philippines......Page 197
Incidence of poverty......Page 199
Who are the poor?......Page 201
Social welfare response to poverty: the social reform agenda......Page 205
Anti-poverty programmes......Page 207
Future strategies to alleviate poverty......Page 215
United Kingdom......Page 221
The post-war abolition of poverty?......Page 222
The re-discovery, and re-definition, of poverty......Page 224
The denial of poverty......Page 226
How is poverty measured?......Page 228
How many poor are there, and who are they?......Page 230
Poverty and social policy......Page 234
The policy priorities......Page 239
Conclusion......Page 244
United States of America......Page 246
Profile of the United States......Page 247
The definition of poverty......Page 248
The incidence of poverty......Page 249
Groups most affected by poverty......Page 250
Policy responses to the poverty problem......Page 252
Conclusion: future trends and issues......Page 260
Zimbabwe......Page 265
Poverty contextualised......Page 267
Poverty incidence......Page 268
Poverty profile......Page 269
Social welfare responses to poverty......Page 271
Anti-poverty programme......Page 275
Future prospects and strategies......Page 279
Conclusion......Page 280
Poverty in review......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 286
Index......Page 297