This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … measurement. A short conceptual background, a step-by-step procedure and a simple numerical example illustrate how to calculate … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …

regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period …

’s main goal is poverty reduction, not economic growth. In this paper, aid’s impact on poverty, growth, and inequality are …, are used. The main finding is that economic growth reduces poverty, but also aid, although less than growth, and not under … evidence of foreign aid’s effect on poverty. …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …

monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions …, nutrition status, and human capital accumulation of household members. However, conventional poverty and inequality analyses are …Empirical evidence questions the unitary allocation model of the household that underpins the standard measurement of …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …