Introduction -- Levels and trends in population distribution -- Internal migration -- Population distribution and population ageing -- Poverty in an urbanizing world -- Urbanization and access to basic services -- Urbanization and demographic behaviour -- Population distribution policies --...

"This is an introduction to spatial and regional inequality. Drawing on data from 25 countries from around the world, it examines the questions: What exactly is spatial inequality? Why does it matter? And what should be the policy response to it?"--Provided by publisher

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible...