Course Overview

The course is designed to teach conceptual issues of poverty & inequality, theories of poverty and pro-poor planning initiatives.

Course Objectives

Students of this course are expected to learn and understand the conceptual issues of poverty and inequality, measures of poverty and theories of poverty and marginality. This course offers a clear understanding of different dimensions of poverty and structural perspective of poverty and introduces students with the current global practices for poverty reduction.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the course students are expected to be able to:

·       Understand conceptual issues of poverty, inequality and measures of poverty;

·       Construct multidimensional poverty index and apply poverty index for analysing poverty dynamics;

·       Demonstrate theories related to poverty and marginality; 

·       Analyse drivers and maintainers of persistence poverty;

·       Locate asset accumulation process for the urban poor; 

·       Assess poverty and livelihoods in an era of globalisation;

·       Design pro-poor development initiatives for poverty eradication.