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Handbook on poverty and inequality [electronic resource] / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009.Description: xxi, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0821376136
  • 0821376144 (electronic)
  • 9780821376133
  • 9780821376140 (electronic)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification:
  • 339.4/60727 22
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 H344 2009
  • UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
Online resources:
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.
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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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