Concepts of Poverty and Deprivation

Poverty, Relative deprivation and Quality of life (Case study: Citizens of Tehran)

Reducing poverty, as the most important goal of social policy, includes aspects beyond the economy and the market and looks at different aspects of quality of life. In this article, we are looking for an answer to the question of what the relative deprivation has to do with the quality of life. The statistical population consists of people aged 18 and over who lived in Tehran in 1400. Survey re...

Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

Child poverty and deprivation in the UK

There has been more than a decade of debate about the increase in child poverty during which the former Secretary of State, John Moore, announced 'the end of the line for poverty' (speech text 11 May 1989). Recently the National Children's Bureau has published an authoritative and well documented account commissioned by Unicef for a comparative study of child poverty in the industrialised count...

Child poverty and deprivation in the UK.

There has been more than a decade of debate about the increase in child poverty during which the former Secretary of State, John Moore, announced 'the end of the line for poverty' (speech text 11 May 1989). Recently the National Children's Bureau has published an authoritative and well documented account commissioned by Unicef for a comparative study of child poverty in the industrialised count...

Review of Poverty Concepts and Indicators

This paper presents an overview of different concepts of poverty and approaches to its measurement. The variation in concepts reveals the multidimensional nature of poverty. Poverty can be conceived as absolute or relative, as lack of income or failure to attain capabilities. It can be chronic or temporary, is sometimes closely associated with inequity, and is often correlated with vulnerabilit...