Poverty and Health: Defeating poverty by going to the roots

Poverty is dynamic in nature: even as some people move out of poverty, other people simultaneously fall into poverty. The poverty pool is being simultaneously both depleted and refilled. Anirudh Krishna argues that efforts for poverty reduction tend to focus exclusively on raising people out of pove...

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Published in:	Development (Society for International Development) 2007-06, Vol.50 (2), p.63-69
Main Author:	Krishna, Anirudh
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Development studies Economic growth Fund raising Health Health care Households India Kenya Manual workers Peru Poor - Medical care Poverty Poverty alleviation Poverty relief Poverty relief - India Poverty relief - Kenya Poverty relief - Peru Poverty relief - Uganda Uganda
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Summary:	Poverty is dynamic in nature: even as some people move out of poverty, other people simultaneously fall into poverty. The poverty pool is being simultaneously both depleted and refilled. Anirudh Krishna argues that efforts for poverty reduction tend to focus exclusively on raising people out of poverty, and therefore will not be very successful unless poverty creation is also addressed. Ill health and high healthcare expenses are the principal reasons associated with falling into poverty; therefore, reducing poverty requires investing in better healthcare. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:	1011-6370 1461-7072