02497nam 2200577 a 450 991046262820332120200520144314.00-8213-9864-4(CKB)2670000000358272(EBL)1220693(SSID)ssj0000948805(PQKBManifestationID)11528241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000948805(PQKBWorkID)10950301(PQKB)11210864(MiAaPQ)EBC1220693(Au-PeEL)EBL1220693(CaPaEBR)ebr10705955(CaONFJC)MIL497021(OCoLC)854973754(EXLCZ)99267000000035827220121217d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA unified approach to measuring poverty and inequality[electronic resource] theory and practice /James Foster ... [et al.]Washington, D.C. World Bank20131 online resource (324 p.)Streamlined analysis with adept softwareDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8461-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Income standards, inequality, and poverty -- How to interpret adept results -- Frontiers of poverty measurement -- References -- Index.A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over timeStreamlined analysis with ADePT software.PovertyEqualityElectronic books.Poverty.Equality.339.4/6Foster James E(James Eric),1955-920667MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462628203321A unified approach to measuring poverty and inequality2064871UNINA