Editorial
The poverty of the concept of ‘poverty eradication’
Solly Robert Benatar
Abstract
It is clear that the World Bank definition of poverty is outdated and requires revision. A brief review of how poverty and income levels are defined is offered to provide insight into the shortcomings of such definitions and into what ‘eradicating poverty in all its forms’ would mean if considered within more realistic boundaries.
Author's affiliations
Solly Robert Benatar, Bioethics Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Joint Centre for Bioethics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Keywords
Poverty; Eradication; World Bank; definition
Article History
Date submitted: 2015-12-01
Date published: 2015-12-16
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