Palash Kamruzzaman is a teaching fellow in International Development at the University of Bath, UK. He holds degrees in Anthropology and Sociology and has taught Development Studies, Sociology, and Social Policy in a number of British and Bangladeshi universities. His research and teaching interests include global poverty, politics of policy-making, participation, ethnographic approach towards development, civil society, and actor oriented sociology with a particular focus on Asia. He has published books, articles and book chapters in these areas.

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• 1. Introduction2. An Overview Of Understanding Poverty From Diverse Perspectives2.1. Introduction2.2. Looking Poverty Though Multiple Lenses3. Problems Of Dollarising Poverty3.1. Introduction3.2. International Poverty Line And Measuring Global Poverty3.3. Dollarisation Of Poverty4. Poverty Reduction As A Development Agenda – Looking Beyond 20154.1. Introduction4.2. Donorising Poverty Reduction Through Sanitising Mdgs4.3. Hoorah! Global Poverty Is Halved, But What Does It Actually Mean?4.4. What ' 's Next For Poverty Reduction After 2015?5. Conclusion