Empirical Analysis of Determinants, Distribution and Dynamics of Poverty.

• Superior document: Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
• Author: Harttgen, Kenneth, 1976-
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2007.; ©2008.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 pages)

Poverty and inequality persist in many dimensions in the developing world. In order to understand the determinants of poverty and its distribution between and within countries, it is necessary to know its dimensions and the channels through which poverty and inequality affect human well-being. This book analyzes the spatial disparities of the outcomes and determinants of poverty, the interdependencies of dimensions of poverty, the distribution of progress in human development over the population and the dynamics of poverty risk over time. The study takes into account the global spread of poverty. Based on cross-country comparisons of countries from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, this study does not only consider on average outcomes and determinants of different indicators of human well-being, but also examines their distribution between and within countries.

Table of Contents

Cover -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- 1 A Regional Puzzle of Child Mortality and Undernutrition -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Child Mortality and Undernutrition -- 1.1.2 The South Asia - Sub-Saharan Africa Enigma -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.2.1 Multilevel Analysis -- 1.2.2 The Basic Multilevel Model -- 1.2.3 Model Specification -- 1.3 Empirical Analysis -- 1.3.1 Data Description -- 1.3.2 Descriptive Statistics -- 1.3.3 Regression Results -- 1.3.4 Simulations -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 2 The Impact of HIV on Childrens' Welfare -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Review on the Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.2.1 Development of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic -- 2.2.2 The Macro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.2.3 The Micro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.3.1 Survival Model Framework -- 2.3.2 Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Model -- 2.4 Empirical Analysis -- 2.4.1 Data Description -- 2.4.2 Descriptive Statistics -- 2.4.3 Estimation Results -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Measuring Pro Poor Growth in Non-Income Dimensions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Concept of Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.2.1 Definition of Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.2.2 Multidimensionality of Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.3 Methodology -- 3.3.1 The Growth Incidence Curve -- 3.3.2 The Non-Income Growth Incidence Curve -- 3.3.3 Specification of the Non-Income Indicators -- 3.3.4 Limitations of the Indicators -- 3.4 Empirical Analysis -- 3.4.1 Inequality -- 3.4.2 Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Concept of Vulnerability -- 4.3 Estimates of Vulnerability -- 4.4 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks -- 4.5 Methodology -- 4.5.1 Mean and Variance in Consumption -- 4.5.2 Assumptions and Critical Issues -- 4.5.3 Multilevel Analysis.

4.5.4 The Impact of Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks -- 4.6 Empirical Analysis -- 4.6.1 Data Description and Model Specification -- 4.6.2 Estimation Results -- 4.6.3 Vulnerability to Poverty -- 4.7 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography.