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 a method of aggregation. Historically, the methods of aggregation were …

This paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income … health and education by new oil and gas revenues, and what other uses of those revenues are likely to arise. The paper argues …