poverty and undernourishment, and addressing the current debate over methods of estimating theirincidence. …

Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism … organizations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to … present a focused description and critique of the issues surrounding poverty and tourism. Relying on a wealth of primary data …

Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Poverty in India and Value Chains -- INDIA IS …

'good practice' evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbook. … Experiments -- 1.15 Assessing the Poverty Impact of Rural Roads Projects in Vietnam -- Annex 2: Sample Terms of Reference -- 2 …

Globally, 400 million children are living in extreme poverty; nearly 600,000 Australian children live in relative … poverty. What are the absolute and relative measures of poverty and deprivation for children in developing and developed … countries? How does poverty impact children's health, development and wellbeing? How can impoverished children be given a better …

and Enas Ali A. El-Majeed assesses the state of poverty and inequality among the poorest villages of Egypt. The paper … -- Historical Trends of Inequality -- Spatial Inequality -- Facts and Perceptions of Inequality -- Poverty and Inequality in Egypt … Conclusions -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Poverty and Inequality in the Arab Republic of Egypt's Poorest Villages …

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 …