Handbook on poverty and inequality / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: xxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0821376136
- 9780821376133
- Poverty and inequality
- 339.460727 22
- HC79.P6 H344 2009
- UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
Contents:
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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 339.460727 HAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A504599B |
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| 339.46 SHO The attack on world poverty / | 339.46 WIL Poverty and the third way / | 339.46072 QUA Quantitative approaches to multidimensional poverty measurement / | 339.460727 HAU Handbook on poverty and inequality / | 339.46091724 FIN Finance and development : surveys of theory, evidence, and policy / | 339.46091724 GLO Globalization, the Third World state, and poverty-alleviation in the twenty-first century / | 339.46091724 PAT Pathways out of poverty : private firms and economic mobility in developing countries / |
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.
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