Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- One Rising Inequality in China -- I. Introduction -- II. The Policy Context -- A. Social Welfare and Social Security Programs -- B. Employment Policy: Labor-Market Policies and...

A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's...

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