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...

Preface -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Rural nonfarm growth and poverty reduction -- Institutional growth and MFI performance -- Dynamics of microfinance benefits -- Are borrowers overindebted? -- Role of microfinance in poverty transition -- Diversification of income...