Handbook on poverty and inequality:
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Main Author: Haughton, Jonathan Henry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC World Bank 2009
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
What is poverty and why measure it?Measuring poverty -- Poverty lines -- Measures of poverty -- Poverty indexes : checking for robustness -- Inequality measures -- Describing poverty : poverty profiles -- Understanding the determinants of poverty -- Poverty reduction policies -- International poverty comparisons -- The analysis of poverty over time -- Vulnerability to poverty -- Poverty monitoring and evaluation -- Using regression -- The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty -- Using survey data : some cautionary tales
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 419 p) ill
ISBN:0821376136
0821376144
9780821376133
9780821376140
DOI:10.1596/978-0-8213-7613-3