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Norman Girvan
Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States (2000-2004); Former Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, The University of the West Indies; Professorial Research Fellow, the Institute of International Relations, The University of West Indies, St. Augustine

Abstract

The presentations of this issue of Caribbean Dialogue point to the need for considerable skepticism in the interpretation and use of poverty statistics. Given this, the information provided on World Bank poverty programmes existing in Trinidad and Tobago should give us cause to consider the institutional and political function of poverty.

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Vol. 9 No. 4 (2004)
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