Abstract

MARTINEZ BERNAL, Bertha Lucía. Propositions on poverty: a conceptual approach. Apuntes del Cenes [online]. 2015, vol.34, n.60, pp.15-40. ISSN 0120-3053.

In this article are presented several definitions or concepts for understanding. measuring and analyzing poverty. For that written production of different scholars and researchers who have made valuable contributions on the subject is taken. Beside these concepts are analyzed different propositions used to approach the study of poverty, although these are not theories or explanations of its causes, but perspectives on poverty denoting such approaches. Likewise it develops a review of the methodologies used in the processes of identification and aggregation. Finally public policies in the social sectors are interpreted.

Keywords : Poverty; social equity; social policy; inequality; measurement methods; basic needs.

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