evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while …

Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Economic Mobility represent the most current research on poverty …, deprivation, and income mobility. They illustrate the multidimensionality of poverty that is difficult to capture in any one … measure. The volume presents state-of-the-art research that is relevant to poverty academics globally. The papers use a …

: The Language of the Poverty Line -- Chapter 13: The Logic of the Poverty Line -- Chapter 14: India’s Official Poverty … Lines -- Chapter 15: Poverty Comparisons across Populations of Different Sizes -- Chapter 16: Targeting Assistance to the … Poor -- Chapter 17: Do we have an Obligation to Assist the Distant Needy? -- Chapter 18: Poverty and Inclusive Growth in …