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1. Introduction Poverty is defined and interpreted in different ways and academic debates on the subject are packed with controversies over how to differentiate the ‘poor’ from the ‘non-poor’ and ascertain the different levels and causes of poverty among the former. In describing and conceptualising poverty, researchers, policy makers and activists often employ terms such as vulnerability, destitution, deprivation, hunger, degradation, exclusion and powerlessness. There is no doubt...