TY - BOOK AU - Haughton,Jonathan Henry AU - Khandker,Shahidur R. TI - Handbook on poverty and inequality SN - 0821376136 AV - HC79.P6 H344 2009 U1 - 339.4/60727 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Washington, DC PB - World Bank KW - Equality KW - Economic aspects KW - Econometric models KW - Poverty KW - Statistical methods N1 - 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 UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7613-3 ER -