Abstract
The chapter examines the causes and consequences of poverty and social exclusion in developed and developing countries and suggests a new social policy option. The chapter, therefore, seeks to examine concept clarification and poverty measures, causes of poverty, consequences of poverty, poverty in developed countries, poverty in developing countries, challenges of combating poverty, extreme poverty in developed and developing countries, and new social policy options.
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