Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arndt, Channing, editor.

Tarp, Finn, 1951- editor.

World Institute for Development Economics Research, issuing body.

Series:

Studies in development economics.

UNU-WIDER studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Poverty--Measurement.

Well-being--Developing countries.

Well-being.

Well-being--Measurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 2016

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This graduate text provides a review of the major approaches employed for estimating poverty lines and how poverty is estimated in practice.

Contents:

part 1. Principles and choices. Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries : motivation and overview / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp

Absolute poverty lines / Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp

Multidimensional first-order dominance comparisons of population wellbeing / Nikolaj Siersboek, Lars Peter Østerdal, and Channing Arndt

Estimation in practice / Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt.

part 2. Country applications. Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11 / David Stifel and Tassew Woldehanna

Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10 / David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena, and Faly Rakotomanana

Methods matter : the sensitivity of Malawian poverty estimates to definitions, data, and assumptions / Ulrik Beck, Richard Mussa, and Karl Pauw

A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique / Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, Kristi Mahrt, Vincenzo Salvucci, and Finn Tarp

Poverty trends in Pakistan / Edward Whitney, Hina Nazli, and Kristi Mahrt

Uganda : a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines / Bjorn Van Campenhout, Haruna Sekabira, and Fiona Nattembo

Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo : 2007 through 2013 / Kristi Mahrt and Malokele Nanivazo

Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana / Raymond Elikplim Kofinti and Samuel Kobina Annim

Measuring multidimensional poverty in Nigeria / Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Kristi Mahrt, and Olufunke A. Alaba

Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania / Channing Arndt, Vincent Leyaro, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp

Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia / Kristi Mahrt and Gibson Masumbu.

part 3. Summing-up and lessons learnt. Synthesis / Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp

Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries / Ulrik Beck

Conclusions and looking forward / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp.

appendix A. User guide to Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software

PLEASe / Channing Arndt, Ulrik Beck, M. Azhar Hussain, Kristi, Mahrt, Kenneth Simler, and Finn Tarp

appendix B. User guide to Estimating First-Order Dominance software (EFOD) / Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-SA

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 8, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780191062261

019106226X

9780198744801

0198744803

9780191805967

0191805963

OCLC:

983345047

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.001.0001