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Measuring Global Poverty : Toward a Pro-Poor Approach / by S. Wisor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wisor, Scott, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- International economic relations.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Ethics.
- Development economics.
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- International Political Economy'.
- Social Structure.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Development Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- International Political Economy'.
- Social Structure.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Development Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. A framework for analyzing poverty
- pt. 2. Competing conceptions and measures of poverty
- pt. 3. The way forward.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613361042
- 9781283361040
- 1283361043
- 9780230357471
- 0230357474
- OCLC:
- 767502927
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