Drawing on decades of research in economics, development, and public policy, and amplified by the powerful, direct testimony of people living in poverty, Whose Poverty Is It? is an essential guide for anyone who wants to understand one of the most urgent and misunderstood issues of our time. It will not give you a simple, tidy answer. Instead, it will arm you with something far more valuable: the critical questions to ask whenever a statistic, a politician, or a headline tries to tell you what poverty is and what to do about it.