Social Policy and Poverty (From Structural Adjustment Program to Functions Reducing Poverty)

Since 1970, there has been a continouse struggle between those who believe in an increase and those who think of a decrease in poverty in almost every scientific organization and institutes. Each of these thesis has different attitude toward social policy and its role in socio-economic programs. This article is abstracted from united Nations Centre for human Settlements (HABITAT) which was issued in International Conference about urban Poverty in Monaco and tries to bring up new social policies about urban poverty and decline many unfavorable results derived from adjustment programs.