poverty and inequality in these areas. Specific issues covered by these papers include multidimensional poverty, equity … effects of school drop-outs, and the role of transfer programs in reducing Latin American poverty. Additional papers provide …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Index', Economic Letters, 42 (1), 81-86 -- 2. Amartya Sen (1976), 'Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement …: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index', World Development, 59, July, 251-74 -- 36. Martin Ravallion (2011 …Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Buhong Zheng (1993), 'An Axiomatic Characterization of the Watts Poverty …