POVERTY, AGENCY, and DEVELOPMENT

Tauhidur Rahman

doi:10.1017/S0265052523000353

POVERTY, AGENCY, and DEVELOPMENT

Tauhidur Rahman

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This essay provides an account of four interrelated ideas. First, a person who is not poor by the standard conception of poverty can still be functionally poor. Second, poverty is a relationship between the poor and their environment (community, local markets, and local institutions). Third, poverty is a determinant of agency and impedes its exercise. Fourth, promoting agency promotes development. I conclude that agency is central to understanding both poverty and development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	9-35
Number of pages	27
Journal	Social Philosophy and Policy
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052523000353
State	Published - Feb 5 2023

Keywords

agency
development
gender
poverty

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Philosophy
General Social Sciences

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