Core Poverty, Basic Capabilities and Vagueness: An Application to the South African Context.

This paper applies a framework which addresses the vagueness of poverty. The 'core poor' are those who are unambiguously poor. In applying the framework we use Sen's capability approach and results from a recent survey. These results suggest that some South Africans set tough standard...

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Auteurs principaux: Clark, D, Qizilbash, M
Format: Working paper
Langue:English
Publié: GPRG 2005