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 …

"Three methodological papers on how to measure, characterize, and monitor poverty in Uruguay. The first one describes … to construct the index. The final paper emphasizes the distinction between permanent and temporary poverty"--Handbook of …