The capability approach defines poverty as a deprivation of capabilities, as a lack of multiple freedoms people value and have reason to value. Chronic poverty focuses attention on that subset of poor persons whose capability deprivations endure across time. But how should the dimensions of...

Sabina Alkire and Ann Barham describe the nascent movement Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation giving the reasons for its considered commitment to the MDGs, and why the MDGs may be an appropriate channel for faith-motivated development advocacy. Development (2005) 48, 122–125....

Sabine Alkire and Andy Sumner advocate the use of a global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Authors support the use of what they call a ‘headline’ MDG indicator to provide an intuitive, accessible measure of multidimensional poverty...