concept of poverty;
measurement of poverty;
opportunities;
D O I:
10.1080/135457099337996
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
This paper challenges the use of poverty incidence among female-headed households as a measure of feminization of poverty. It proposes an alternative framework of human poverty, focusing not on incomes but on human outcomes in terms of choices and opportunities that a person faces.