This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It …

error distributions. The application presented in this paper is the small area estimation of poverty and inequality …, although this denotes by no means the only application. Monte-Carlo simulations show that estimates of poverty and inequality … poverty rate of 20 to 30 percent. Most of this bias is resolved when using the proposed estimator. The approach is applicable …

For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, "The … Handbook on Poverty and Inequality" is the place to start. Designed initially to support training courses on poverty analysis … the measurement of poverty and poverty lines, how to create poverty profiles, the comparison of poverty over time and …

field of distributional analysis. To this end, it covers subjects including inequality, poverty, and the modeling of income …