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.
9780821376133 0821376136 9780821376140 (electronic) 0821376144 (electronic)
2009000849
Poverty--Statistical methods.
Poverty--Econometric models.
Equality--Economic aspects--Econometric models.
HC79.P6 / H344 2009 UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
339.460727 / HAU
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.
9780821376133 0821376136 9780821376140 (electronic) 0821376144 (electronic)
2009000849
Poverty--Statistical methods.
Poverty--Econometric models.
Equality--Economic aspects--Econometric models.
HC79.P6 / H344 2009 UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
339.460727 / HAU