Handbook on poverty and inequality /

Haughton, Jonathan Henry.

Handbook on poverty and inequality / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker. - Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009. - xxi, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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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Poverty--Statistical methods.
Poverty--Econometric models.
Equality--Economic aspects--Econometric models.

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