poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

welfare and wealth in developing countries, and thus to extend our understanding of the multi-dimensional character of poverty … and the complexity of the processes underlying poverty reduction. The objective of this technical paper is to contribute … to the debate about the measurement of assets, and the development of asset indices. It describes the particular …