Figures and tables; Foreword; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Biblical conceptions of poverty; Chapter Three State/society policy; Chapter Four Poverty alleviation measures; Chapter Five Poverty alleviation ends; Chapter Six Causal linkages: biblical conceptions of poverty, state/society policy and poverty alleviation; Chapter Seven Summary, refl ections and recommendations; Appendix; Literature; Index
Summary
Many strategies have been formulated to reduce poverty, the most recent being the need to include the poor as co-agents in the development process. Culture, understood as commonly shared values, then becomes an important element in poverty alleviation
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index
