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Cover -- Contents -- Detailed Chapter Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. What Do We Mean by Poverty? -- CHAPTER 3. Clarifying Concepts -- CHAPTER 4. The Key Role of Data -- CHAPTER 5. Global Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals -- CHAPTER 6. Poverty in Asia and the Pacific -- CHAPTER 7. Africa: Diversity of Experience -- CHAPTER 8. Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- CHAPTER 9. Poverty in Rich Countries and a Global Measure of Poverty -- CHAPTER 10. Conclusions: Beyond 1.90 a Day -- AFTERWORD. Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction -- AFTERWORD. Poverty and Climate Change -- National Reports for Sixty Countries -- National Report References -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- DETAILED CHAPTER CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, AND BOXES -- FOREWORD / Micklewright, John / Brandolini, Andrea -- PREFACE / Atkinson, Tony -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. What Do We Mean by Poverty? -- CHAPTER 3. Clarifying Concepts -- CHAPTER 4. The Key Role of Data -- CHAPTER 5. Global Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals -- CHAPTER 6. Poverty in Asia and the Pacific -- CHAPTER 7. Africa: Diversity of Experience -- CHAPTER 8. Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- CHAPTER 9. Poverty in Rich Countries and a Global Measure of Poverty -- CHAPTER 10. Conclusions: Beyond .90 a Day -- AFTERWORD. Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction / Bourguignon, François -- AFTERWORD. Poverty and Climate Change / Stern, Nicholas -- NATIONAL REPORTS FOR SIXTY COUNTRIES -- NATIONAL REPORT REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Charitable giving for overseas development and emergency relief is important in the UK, being about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been a strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to a series of humanitarian emergencies. This paper examines how individual overseas giving has changed over the quarter century since 1978, using a newly constructed panel data set on donations to individual UK charities. When did the increase take place? Did the public respond to events such as Live Aid? Or has there been a steady upward trend as our society became more globalised? What form did the increase in giving take? Which charities have grown fastest? Have new charities displaced old? How do changes in giving for overseas compare with changes in giving for other causes such as cancer relief or animal welfare? What, if any, is the relation with Official Development Assistance?

Statistics of « 44 million in poverty in Europe » have been widely reported, and figures for the proportion in poverty in different countries have entered debates about the allocation of funds in the European Community. This article examines the problem of measuring poverty in rich countries and its relation to social policy, taking for this purpose a case study of France, the United Kingdom and West Germany. It demonstrates the importance of issues which may not be immediately apparent such as whether one considers households or individuals, and the choice of equivalence scale. The authors caution that reliable com- parisons cannot be made of the three countries in the present state statistical knowledge, and go on to argue that the findings need to interpreted in the light of differing social policies.