The Two Poverty Enlightenments : Historical Insights from Digitized Books Spanning Three Centuries

The Two Poverty Enlightenments : Historical Insights from Digitized Books Spanning Three Centuries

Word searches of Google's library of digitized books suggest that there have been two "Poverty Enlightenments" since 1700, one near the end of the 18th century and the second near the end of the 20th. The historical literature sugges...

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HEALTH BEGGARS CHARACTER CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTERFACTUAL CRIME DEVELOPED WORLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EQUAL RIGHTS EXTREME POVERTY FAMINE FERTILITY FORMS OF POVERTY GINI INDEX GLOBAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL POLICY INEQUALITY INSURANCE LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEASURING POVERTY PERSISTENT POVERTY PERVASIVE POVERTY POLICY CIRCLES POLICY DEBATE POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR HEALTH POOR PARENTS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY RATE PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCING POVERTY RICH PEOPLE RURAL RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NET SCHOOLING SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING STANDARD OF LIVING SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TAXATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN POVERTY WAGE RATES WAR WELFARE DEPENDENCY WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING POOR
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