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Measuring vulnerability : the director's cut
Ligon, Ethan (contributor); Schechter, Laura (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001704339
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Measuring vulnerability to poverty
Kamanou, Gisele (contributor); Morduch, Jonathan (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001679130
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Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries
Arndt, Channing (ed.); Tarp, Finn (ed.) - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017 - First edition
"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661746
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Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries : a study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Arndt, Channing (ed.); Tarp, Finn (ed.) - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017
measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes … significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts … from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594636
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Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications
Wan, Guanghua (ed.) - 2008 - 1. publ.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561680
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Conflicting measures of poverty and inadequate saving by the poor : the role of status-driven utility function
Marjit, Sugata - 2012
In the presence of inequality a status-driven utility function reconciles the conflict between income-based and nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in the developing countries. The result is independent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545463
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Growth and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
Arndt, Channing (ed.); McKay, Andrew D. (ed.);  … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2016 - First edition
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484939
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Reforms, remoteness and risk in Africa : understanding inequality and poverty during the 1990s
Christiaensen, Luc J. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001850726
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The impact of adjustment-related social funds on income distribution and poverty
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001600368