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Developing a new global poverty metric: Toward a pro-poor approach.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Developing a new global poverty metric: Toward a pro-poor approach./
Author:	Wisor, Scott.
Description:	299 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 2084.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-06A.
Subject:	Sociology, Theory and Methods. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3404067
ISBN:	9781124005065

Developing a new global poverty metric: Toward a pro-poor approach.
Wisor, Scott.

Developing a new global poverty metric: Toward a pro-poor approach. - 299 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 2084.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010.

Poverty is an increasingly important subject in moral and political philosophy. The concept of poverty is conceived and measured in a variety of competing ways. This dissertation seeks to explore two related questions about poverty: how should we think about poverty, and how should it be measured? I will argue that there is no single definitively correct conception or metric of poverty. In order to determine how poverty should be conceived of and measured, we must engage in a methodological discussion to determine which values should be used to resolve existing debates over the measurement of poverty.

ISBN: 9781124005065Subjects--Topical Terms:

626625
Sociology, Theory and Methods.

Developing a new global poverty metric: Toward a pro-poor approach.
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520 $a Poverty is an increasingly important subject in moral and political philosophy. The concept of poverty is conceived and measured in a variety of competing ways. This dissertation seeks to explore two related questions about poverty: how should we think about poverty, and how should it be measured? I will argue that there is no single definitively correct conception or metric of poverty. In order to determine how poverty should be conceived of and measured, we must engage in a methodological discussion to determine which values should be used to resolve existing debates over the measurement of poverty.
520 $a In the first section I develop a methodological framework for analyzing poverty. I argue that poverty is an essentially contested concept and there are multiple plausible conceptions of poverty. Similarly, there are multiple plausible poverty metrics that can be and have been developed. I argue that poverty measurement has hitherto been treated as value-neutral, despite the inherently value-laden nature of developing poverty conceptions and metrics. Given the value-laden nature of the enterprise, I argue for an ameliorative approach to poverty analysis that is explicitly normative. I then argue that a global poverty metric should be maintained, and defend this claim against common objections.
520 $a In the second section I examine five competing conceptions of poverty and their corresponding metrics. Using an ameliorative approach, I examine the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and highlight the values that underlie each approach. I also examine the presence of descriptivism in each approach to poverty measurement, and explain how an ameliorative approach might reform the use of these conceptions and metrics.
520 $a In the third section, I argue that a new global poverty metric should be developed using an ameliorative, pro-poor approach. I examine one pro-poor method, participation, and show how it can serve the interests of the poor if certain limitations are recognized. I defend a pro-poor poverty metric against possible objections. Finally, I propose a set of values to inform the development of a pro-poor global poverty metric, and make some tentative recommendations for indicators that could be included in such a metric.
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