Business and Management Review ISSN: 2047 - 0398 Available online at http://www.businessjournalz.org/bmr SPECIAL ISSUE – V|4|N|1|, November | 2014 117 | 126 ISSUES OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL EQUITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND THE SOCIAL MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE RURAL TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT Andreia Cristina Resende de Almeida Department of Social and Administrative Sciences Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ Address: 705/706, Av. Pref. Alberto da Silva Lavinas. Zip Code: 25802-100 – Três Rios, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: Andréia-de-almeida@hotmail.com Júlio Cândido de Meirelles Júnior. Multidisciplinary Department of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Fluminense Federal University - UFF Address: 783, Av. Desemb. Ellis Hermydio Figueira. Zip Code: 27213-145 – Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: profjcm@gmail.com. Hector Alberto Alimonda Center for PostGraduate Studies in Agricultural Development Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ Address: 417, Av. Presidente Vargas, Downtown. Zip Code: 20071-003 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: hectoralimonda@gmail.com Jorge Alberto Velloso Saldanha 1 Department of Social and Administrative Sciences Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ Address: 705/706, Av. Pref. Alberto da Silva Lavinas. Zip Code: 25802-100 – Três Rios, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: javsa@terra.com.br Paulo Lourenço Domingues Júnior Department of Social and Administrative Sciences Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ Address: 705/706, Av. Pref. Alberto da Silva Lavinas. Zip Code: 25802-100 – Três Rios, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: pldomingues@ig.com.br ABSTRACT This article has as main aim to present a brief analysis about issues such as poverty, inequality and social equity in the contemporary world and the social management contribution to the rural territorial development. The analysis to be presented in this article is based on Amartya Sen and Ignacy Sachs’ proposals about development and the historical evolution of the scientific thinking about the notion of poverty. To subsidize the argument about the problematic were used as references Robert Castel, David Harvey and Nelson G. Delgado to a conceptual and historical analysis. The methodology used is classified as explanatory and descriptive, and with respect to instruments, it was utilized bibliographic and telematic research. As results, it was possible to show a scenario about the main authors in evidence about the themes and to project possibilities and tracks about ways of reducing poverty and inequality and promoting the development with social management. Keywords: poverty, social equity, social management, rural territorial development. 1. INTRODUCTION According to Maluf (2012), poverty carries lots of controversies in its concept, being necessary to recognize your multidimensional dimension, yet its multidimensionality is recognized, when it comes to total lack, it exists a monetary topics predominance. There is also a difficulty to operationalize the dimensions of poverty, given the difficulties to capture and propose measures to the several dimensions. 1 Corresponding Author Corresponding Address (home): 316, Avenue Belo Horizonte, Apartment: 601B. Neighborhood: São Mateus City: Juiz de Fora. State: Minas Gerais Country: Brazil. Zip Code: 36016