num_pages: 1760
description: Poverty is more than just lack of income it is deprivation from basic capabilities rights and freedoms that provide individuals the necessary choices and opportunities they need to lead a life they value. The Encyclopedia of World Poverty provides extensive and current information as well as insight into the contemporary debate on poverty. The three volumes of this state-of-the-art Encyclopedia contain over 800 original articles written by more than 125 renowned scholars. The entries contributing to this work explore poverty in various regions of the world and examine the difficulties associated with the definition and measurement of poverty along with its causes and effects. Key FeaturesExamines the geographic political social cultural and other economic characteristics of 191 countries and provides current vital statistics on poverty such as the mortality disease literacy and illiteracy rate for each countryAddresses the various definitions and measurement techniques of poverty and includes each countrys ranking according to the Human Development Index and the Human Poverty Index whenever availableLooks at potential causes of poverty ranging from discrimination to climate factors such as drought and famine as well as the potential effects of poverty including vulnerability insecurity powerlessness social exclusion and disqualification and stigmatizationAcknowledges the importance of various associations combating poverty such as Civil Society Organizations Secular Charities Religious Charities and Non-Governmental OrganizationsThe Encyclopedia of World Poverty is an authoritative and rigorous source on poverty and related issues making it a must-have reference for all academic libraries.
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title: Encyclopedia of World Poverty
publisher: Sage Publications, Inc