75 Years of Poverty Research: How to Chart Future Research at the Macro, Meso and Micro Levels?

• Main Authors: Galang, Roberto Martin N, Presbitero, Alfred, Teng-Calleja, Mendiola, Lagdameo, John Luis D., PhD, Yap, Dianna Carla
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Business; Development Studies; Economics; Growth and Development; Income Distribution; Macroeconomics; Public Economics; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/leadership-and-strategy-faculty-pubs/47; https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.18231abstract
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While the world has made significant strides in the last few decades in reducing extreme poverty, even the most affluent societies have not eradicated poverty fully. In response to the first United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, this paper conducts a systematic literature review to capture and synthesize poverty studies among the top management and social science journals over the last 75 years. The research tracks the evolution of poverty research, from a simplistic conceptualization on income deprivation and towards a multi-dimensional understanding of its antecedents and outcomes. The review breaks down the main findings in poverty research across its micro-, meso- and macro-dimensions, and provides a roadmap for management scholars to combine these dimensions for more innovative and impactful scholarship in support of novel research on the role of firms in alleviating poverty.