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"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Arndt, Channing (Editor, Contributor), Tarp, Finn, 1951- (Editor, Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in development economics.
Subjects:
Poor > Developing countries.
Poverty > Measurement.
Well-being > Developing countries.
Well-being > Measurement.
Poor
Poverty > Measurement
Well-being
Developing countries
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.