Poverty Needs Thought as well as Money

Tim Williams, CM alerts us to ….MELBOURNE, “We must begin to understand poverty as a multi-dimensional concept that goes beyond just material deprivation. “MELBOURNE, January 9, 2004 (theage.com.au): Patrick McClure, chief executive of Mission Australia, comments in The Age today on poverty as a problem with many aspects – Poverty is a multi-faceted problem, not just a case of people needing more money …. above any semantic arguments lies a more fundamental and often overlooked discussion that requires attention. We must begin to understand poverty as a multi-dimensional concept that goes beyond just material deprivation. Based on our own work with clients and staff, we know that poverty also includes exclusion from social networks and isolation from community life. If we measure poverty without taking these other factors into account, any anti-poverty programs we develop will be too narrow to make a difference. READ FURTHER