Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction on Measuring Poverty at Local Level Using Small Area Estimation Methods -- 1.1 Introduction … -- 1.2 Target Parameters -- 1.2.1 Definition of the Main Poverty Indicators -- 1.2.2 Direct and Indirect Estimate of … Poverty Indicators at Small Area Level -- 1.3 Data-related and Estimation-related Problems for the Estimation of Poverty …

Key Features:Covers poverty issues from the perspectives of many disciplines (with contributors from economics …

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I Received Wisdom on Poverty, Inequality, and Growth … -- Chapter 1 Overview: New Results on Poverty, Inequality, and the Growth in the Era of Globalization -- The Issues -- The … Framework and the Data -- A Bird's Eye View -- A More Detailed Overview -- Results on Absolute Poverty -- Results on Propoor …

's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- The Growth of African Poverty -- The Danger of Overgeneralizing -- Conclusion -- 2 …. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- Different Poverty Concepts -- Why Conceptualizations Matter -- 3 …. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- Categories and Characteristics -- Profiles of African Poverty -- The Nature of African …

and Poverty in the 1990s -- 3 Nonparametric Decompositions -- 4 Parametric Methods -- 5 Conclusions -- APPENDIX A: ICES …

Intro -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Poverty and Inequality Declined between 1992 and 1997 … -- III. Role of Government Programs -- IV. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Annex I Poverty Lines -- Annex II Robustness of the Result … of Poverty Reduction -- Annex III Poverty Profile, 1992 and 1997 -- Notes -- References. …