Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries / / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp.

• Superior document: UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
• TeilnehmendeR: Arndt, Channing,; Tarp, Finn, 1951-; World Institute for Development Economics Research,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in development economics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; illustrations (black and white)
• Notes: This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
• Other title: Principles and choices.; Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries : motivation and overview /; Absolute poverty lines /; Multidimensional first-order dominance comparisons of population wellbeing /; Estimation in practice /; Country applications.; Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11 /; Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10 /; Methods matter : the sensitivity of Malawian poverty estimates to definitions, data, and assumptions /; A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique /; Poverty trends in Pakistan /; Uganda : a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines /; Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo : 2007 through 2013 /; Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana /; Measuring multidimensional poverty in Nigeria /; Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania /; Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia /; Summing-up and lessons learnt.; Synthesis /; Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries /; Conclusions and looking forward /; User guide to Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software--PLEASe /; User guide to Estimating First-Order Dominance software (EFOD) /
• Audience: Specialized.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 019106226X; 0198744803; 0191805963
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp.

This graduate text provides a review of the major approaches employed for estimating poverty lines and how poverty is estimated in practice.