Handbook on poverty and inequality / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker.
Material type: TextSeries: World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, DC : World Bank, [2009]Copyright date: copyright 2009Description: xxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0821376136
- 0821376144 (electronic)
- 9780821376133
- 9780821376140 (electronic)
- 339.4/60727 22
- HC79.P6 H344 2009
- UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
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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