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.

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

Table of Contents

part 1. Principles and choices. Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries : motivation and overview / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp -- Absolute poverty lines / Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Multidimensional first-order dominance comparisons of population wellbeing / Nikolaj Siersboek, Lars Peter Østerdal, and Channing Arndt -- Estimation in practice / Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt. -- part 2. Country applications. Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11 / David Stifel and Tassew Woldehanna -- Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10 / David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena, and Faly Rakotomanana -- Methods matter : the sensitivity of Malawian poverty estimates to definitions, data, and assumptions / Ulrik Beck, Richard Mussa, and Karl Pauw -- A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique / Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, Kristi Mahrt, Vincenzo Salvucci, and Finn Tarp -- Poverty trends in Pakistan / Edward Whitney, Hina Nazli, and Kristi Mahrt -- Uganda : a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines / Bjorn Van Campenhout, Haruna Sekabira, and Fiona Nattembo -- Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo : 2007 through 2013 / Kristi Mahrt and Malokele Nanivazo -- Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana / Raymond Elikplim Kofinti and Samuel Kobina Annim -- Measuring multidimensional poverty in Nigeria / Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Kristi Mahrt, and Olufunke A. Alaba -- Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania / Channing Arndt, Vincent Leyaro, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia / Kristi Mahrt and Gibson Masumbu. -- part 3. Summing-up and lessons learnt. Synthesis / Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries / Ulrik Beck -- Conclusions and looking forward / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp. -- appendix A. User guide to Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software--PLEASe / Channing Arndt, Ulrik Beck, M. Azhar Hussain, Kristi, Mahrt, Kenneth Simler, and Finn Tarp -- appendix B. User guide to Estimating First-Order Dominance software (EFOD) / Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt.