One illness away: why people become poor and how they escape poverty

Refilling the pool of poverty

Poverty flows

The rising-falling tide

Reasons for descent : the health poverty trap

Reasons for escape : diversification and agriculture

Connecting capability with opportunity : investing in information

A two-pronged strategy : protection and opportunity.

List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Refilling the Pool of Poverty; 2. Poverty Flows; 3. The Rising-Falling Tide; 4. Reasons for Descent: The Health Poverty Trap; 5. Reasons for Escape: Diversification and Agriculture; 6. Connecting Capability with Opportunity: Investing in Information; 7. A Two-pronged Strategy: Protection and Opportunity; Appendix. Measuring Poverty: Testing Stages-of-Progress; Notes; References; Index.