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Another Mere Addition Paradox? Some Reflections on Variable Population Poverty Measurement

Hassoun, Nicole - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Debates about poverty relief and foreign aid often hinge on claims about how many poor people there are in the world and what constitutes poverty. Good measures of poverty are essential for addressing the world poverty problem. Measures of poverty require a basis for determining who is poor and...

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Subjective Measures of Well-being

Veenhoven, Ruut - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Assessing Poverty and Inequality at a Detailed Regional Level: New Advances in Spatial Microsimulation

Harding, Ann; Lloyd, Rachel; Bill, Anthea; King, Anthony - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Measuring Human Well-being: Key Findings and Policy Lessons

Clark, David; McGillivray, Mark - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

This Policy Brief is an outcome of the UNU-WIDER research project 'Social Development Indicators'. The overall aim of the project was to provide insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and, in particular, measured, by reviewing various concepts and measures and then...

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Indicators of Inequality and Poverty

Subramanian, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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 …

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Human Well-being: Concepts and Conceptualizations

Gasper, Des - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World?

Osberg, Lars; Xu, Kuan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Social Groups and Economic Poverty: A Problem in Measurement

Subramanian, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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

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A Framework for Incorporating Environmental Indicators to the Measurement of Human Well-Being

Zaim, Osman - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005

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Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile. This paper employs recently collected data on household...

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