"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach … code streams provided, a chapter on 'estimation in practice', and a series of 11 case studies where the code streams are …

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 …