Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries / / 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.
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| Superior document: | UNU-WIDER studies in development economics |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in development economics.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; illustrations (black and white) |
| Notes: | This edition previously issued in print: 2016. |
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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.