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Handbook on Poverty and Inequality [electronic resource] / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009.Description: xxi,419p.; 23cmISBN:
  • 9780821376133
  • 0821376136
  • 9780821376140 (electronic)
  • 0821376144 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.4 22 HEN
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Contents:
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.
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Books Mbale College Library Closed Access l Short Loan 339.4 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4362MB

Includes Index.

Includes Bibliographical References

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.

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