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First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Author:   Martin Ravallion ,  A. B. Atkinson
Publisher:   Harwood-Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Harwood-Academic Publishers
Volume:   Vol. 56
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9783718654024

ISBN 10:   3718654024
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   31 March 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"CONCEPTS AND METHODS OF POVERTY ANALYSIS; Conceptual Approaches to Measuring ""Well-Being""; Using Household Surveys for Welfare Measurement; Some Alternative Measures; Poverty Lines; Adding Up Poverty Decompositions; The Robustness of Ordinal Poverty Comparisons; PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE; How Well Can the Prevalence of Poverty in a Country be Predicted Without a Household Survey?; How Well Do Cross-Sectional Indicators Identify the Long-Term Poor?; Which Sector or Region has More Poverty?; How Reliable are Assessments of Progress in Poverty Reduction?; What is the Relative Importance of Growth versus Redistribution?; How Important are Different Sectors to Changes in Poverty?; How Do Price Changes Affect the Poor?; What are the Gains to the Poor from Targeted Poverty Reduction Schemes?."

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Martin Ravallion The World Bank, Washington DC, USA

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