poverty in the Member States of the European Union, using the first four waves (1994 - 1997) of the European Community … Household Panel (ECHP). In addition to this detailed consideration of the time dimension, poverty incidence, poverty gap and … poverty intensity are measured. Overall, the ranking across countries and dimensions is relatively robust. Denmark and …

Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for …, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate … measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes …