The Devex Development Newswire questions whether or not the development community has been spreading misconceptions of poverty, drawing on Abhijit Banerjee's work. An except:

Abhijit Banerjee, co-author of the book "Poor Economics” and Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT, says the development community often ties poverty with "hunger” and "malnutrition.” But Banerjee said income levels have nothing to do with malnutrition, and that some rich countries have higher rates of malnutrition than poor nations.

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