For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, "The Handbook on Poverty and Inequality" is the place to start. Designed initially to support training courses on poverty analysis, the Handbook consists of explanatory text with...

Since doi moi, Vietnam has made remarkable achievements in many frontiers. However, much effort needs to be done to further improve social and economic sectors, particularly in the context of increasing the number of uncertainties. In analyses using household surveys from Vietnam, this...

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Buhong Zheng (1993), 'An Axiomatic Characterization of the Watts Poverty Index', Economic Letters, 42 (1), 81-86 -- 2. Amartya Sen (1976), 'Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement', Econometrica, 44 (2), March, 219-31 -- 3. James Foster, Joel...

Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and their information base with respect to poverty and...