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I am concerned in this chapter with the fate of the poor in the past, and what can be done to reduce poverty. But before these questions can be answered, certain preliminary questions have to be asked. These relate to the concept of poverty and its measurement.1
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Streeten, P. (1994). Poverty Concepts and Measurement. In: van der Hoeven, R., Anker, R. (eds) Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23134-8_2
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