Does Poverty Wear a Woman's Face? Some Moral Dimensions of a Transnational Feminist Research Project Journal Article uri icon

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abstract

  • This article explains some moral dimensions of a transnational feminist research project designed to provide a better standard or metric for measuring poverty across the world. The author is an investigator on this project. Poverty metrics incorporate moral judgments about what is necessary for a decent life, so justifying metrics requires moral argumentation. The article clarifies the moral aspects of poverty valuation, indicates some moral flaws in existing global poverty metrics, and outlines some conditions for a better global metric. It then explains the methodology used in our project, providing its moral rationale and discussing some remaining moral concerns.

publication date

  • January 1, 2013

has restriction

  • closed

Date in CU Experts

  • February 26, 2015 1:24 AM

Full Author List

  • Jaggar AM

author count

  • 1

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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0887-5367

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1527-2001

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 240

end page

  • 256

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 2