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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960620903321

Autore

Wisor Scott <1981->

Titolo

Measuring Global Poverty : Toward a Pro-Poor Approach / / by S. Wisor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9786613361042

9781283361040

1283361043

9780230357471

0230357474

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

PHI005000POL024000BUS072000PHI034000

Disciplina

339.4/60

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. A framework for analyzing poverty -- pt. 2. Competing conceptions and measures of poverty -- pt. 3. The way forward.

Sommario/riassunto

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.