This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … functionings. In addition to an introductory and a concluding part, the paper has four sections. The first of these, on measurement … rankings; poverty measures and anti-poverty policy; and other issues in the measurement of poverty. The third section considers …

. The implications of directly incorporating group disparities into the measurement of poverty for poverty comparisons and …