Handbook on poverty and inequality
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables. It provides a current overview of the most recent data available as well as important regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. World Development Indicators 2009 presents the most current and accurate development data on both a national level and aggregated globally. It allows you to monitor the progress made toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank, and a host of partner organizations. These goals, which focus on development and the elimination of poverty, serve as the agenda for international development efforts
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1 online resource (xxi, 419 pages) : illustrations
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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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
English
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