Handbook on poverty and inequality / Jonathan Haughton and Shahidur R Khandker.
Publication details: Washington DC : The World Bank, 2009.Description: xxi, 419 p. : illISBN:- 9780821376133
- 339.460 727 P9
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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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