Elites, perceptions and poverties / Elisa Reis and Mick Moore -- Perceptions of poverty and inequality among Brazilian elites / Elisa Reis -- Voices from the top of the pile / Gerard Clarke and Marites Sison -- So near and yet so far / Naomi Hossain and Mick Moore -- Haitian elites and their perceptions of poverty and of inequality / Omar Ribeiro Thomaz -- Elite perceptions of poverty and poor people in South Africa / Noushin Kalati and James Manor -- Elite perceptions of the poor / Abram De Swaan -- Elites, poverty and public policy / Mick Moore and Naomi Hossain.
Summary
This text presents a study of elite attitudes to poverty in developing countries and uses five cases, intended to be broadly represetntative of the diversity of situations.