Subject(s): Poverty -- Public welfare -- Different disciplines, different perceptions : Multidimensional poverty- conceptual and measurement issues, measuring poverty- case of sociological approach, living with poverty and poverty measures, multidimensionality of poverty- institutionalist perspective, subjective dimension of poverty - psychological view point -- Poverty and freedom : Choosing dimensions-capability approach and multidimensional poverty, concept and measurement of empowerment, participation, pluralism and perception of poverty, human rights based approach to poverty in South Africa -- Extending concept of multidimensional poverty : Identifying and measuring chronic poverty- monetary measures, risk and vulnerability to poverty -- Critical policy issues : Political economy of poverty alleviation, assessing pro-poorness of government programs-international comparisons