Overview -- Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare: Social Welfare and Income Distributions -- Inequality and Poverty Indexes … Lorenz curve and, what I call, the Lorenz-Gini inequality index) and measures of poverty are sensibly reduced by …

for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. Sen argues that an individual?s welfare …Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen?s approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice …

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It …

With six essays exploring different aspects of economic growth, poverty, inequality and social security, this book …

Introduction -- Ethnic Heterogeneity -- The Welfare State -- Poverty and Inequality -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and the … Welfare State -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and Poverty and Inequality -- Conclusion -- References -- Index … and poverty. Comparative analysis provides a new look into the ongoing drive for welfare state retrenchment amidst …

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and … emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously … neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies …

logic and core elements of China's poverty alleviation theory, and taking the Chinese experience of poverty alleviation …This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty … alleviation experience, and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases. It also accurately presents the internal …

poverty over the next ten years. It presents a pro-poor macroeconomic policy allowing countries to recapture policy space …, help promote growth, reduce inequality and diminish poverty in a sustainable way …

This book reviews the fulfillment of two Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely poverty and inequality, in the … Indian subcontinent. It examines the complex interplay among development, inequality and poverty in relation to corruption … improve livelihoods and standards of living through poverty reduction and promoting inclusive development along with …