Handbook on poverty and inequality

Publication Data

• Title Handbook on poverty and inequality
• Author Jonathan Henry Haughton
• Contributor Shahidur R. Khandker
• Publisher World Bank
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Washington, D.C.
• Language English

Contents

What is poverty and why measure it?
Measuring poverty
Poverty lines
Measures of poverty
Poverty indexes : checking for robustness
Inequality measures
Describing poverty : poverty profiles
Understanding the determinants of poverty
Poverty reduction policies
International poverty comparisons
The analysis of poverty over time
Vulnerability to poverty
Poverty monitoring and evaluation
Using regression
The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty
Using survey data : some cautionary tales.

Topics

• Poverty :: Statistical methods
• Poverty :: Econometric models
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Handbook on poverty and inequality by Jonathan Henry Haughton. ISBN 9780821376140. Published by World Bank in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.