%0 Journal Article %T Between Altruism and the Market: an EconomistĄŻs View of the Fight Against Poverty %A Jean-Claude Berth¨Ślemy %J Field Actions Science Reports %D 2012 %I Institut Veolia Environnement %X It is no easy task to conclude this special issue of FACTS Reports, given the sheer breadth and diversity of the analyses it contains. One would need in-depth knowledge of a whole range of fields ¨C anthropology, sociology, history, law, management, economics ¨C to adequately identify all of the lessons that can be drawn from these papers. Let me, then, stay with my own field of competence, and offer a conclusion from the standpoint of an economist.The fight against poverty is, admittedly, an a... %U http://factsreports.revues.org/1612