This book is comprised of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. It focuses on what it means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor through programs and interventions, and how to make private and public institutions more responsive to their needs. This book also analyzes the relationship between extreme poverty and human rights. It places emphasis on the contribution made by the International Movement ATD Fourth World, and its founder, Joseph Wresinski, to the understanding of the very poor and what is required to fight extreme poverty.
- ISBN10 661008842X
- ISBN13 9786610088423
- Publish Date 18 July 2001 (first published 1 May 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint World Bank Group
- Format eBook
- Pages 146
- Language English