Alicia Ely Yamin* hen it is not accompanied by a/ igh of resignation at the end of a
discussion about the decline of the work ethic, poverty is increasingly treated by politicians …

We are currently over half-way through the First United Nations (UN) Decade for the
Eradication of Poverty. The growing gap between rich and poor states and between income …

Recent years have seen a greater interest for the “supply-side” of human rights, ie for the
duties correlative to human rights and their duty-bearers." This is important as, even though …

Many different indicators are used to monitor poverty and poverty-related deprivations. Two
kinds of legitimacy worries may arise about any such indicator: one regarding its reliability …

A human rights-based approach to poverty is one that goes beyond an identification of
unfulfilled needs to address deprivation: it seeks to identify the causes of poverty redefined …

This chapter shows whether and under what conditions severe poverty violates human
rights in the moral sense. Human agents may participate in imposing social institutions only …

The Human Development Report 2000 of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) noted:'People are turning more and more to the law–including international human …

Amongst the memories of my childhood during the Second World War in South Africa, two
stand out. The first is a picture above the desk of my father, a trade union leader who had …

Human suffering related to poverty is a global tragedy. It is argued that poverty, to a great
extent, is the consequence of globalization and, more particularly, free trade and improper …

Difficult as it is to admit, poverty cannot be defined in law. In the tension between dealing
with poverty and focusing on extreme poverty, there is an indeterminacy that makes …