Claim: Else Øyen, a sociologist who was a professor of social policy in 1975, has been responsible for developing the notion of poverty production in which she said that this is the fourth phase of understanding and reducing poverty.
Evidence: She became professor of social policy in 1975 at the University of Bergen, Norway, and shifted her later research focus to comparative poverty studies within an interdisciplinary framework. Øyen, through her research on poverty, has been responsible for developing the notion of poverty production. This according to Øyen is the fourth phase of understanding and reducing poverty.