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200 10$aSocial Welfare Functions and Development $eMeasurement and Policy Applications /$fby Nanak Kakwani, Hyun Hwa Son
205   $a1st ed. 2016.
210  1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016.
215   $a1 online resource (XXIX, 355 p. 35 illus.) 
311 08$a9781137583246 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Applied social welfare functions -- Measuring social tension -- Relative deprivation and social groups -- Growth and shared prosperity -- Income inequality and social well-being -- Measuring equity in opportunity using social opportunity function -- Global poverty counts -- Measuring food insecurity: global estimates -- Social rate of return: a new tool for evaluating social programs.
330   $aNanak Kakwani and Hyu Hwa Son make use of social welfare functions to derive indicators of development relevant to specific social objectives, such as poverty- and inequality-reduction. Arguing that the measurement of development cannot be value-free, the authors assert that if indicators of development are to have policy relevance, they must be assessed on the basis of the social objectives in question. This study develops indicators that are sensitive to both the level and the distribution of individuals? capabilities. The idea of the social welfare function, defined in income space, is extended to the concept of the social well-being function, defined in capability space. Through empirical analysis from selected developing countries, with a particular focus on Brazil, the authors shape techniques appropriate to the analysis of development in different dimensions. The focus of this evidence-based policy analysis is to evaluate alternative policies affectingthe capacities of people to enjoy a better life. .
606   $aDevelopment economics
606   $aEconometrics
606   $aSocial choice
606   $aWelfare economics
606   $aPolitical planning
606   $aDevelopment Economics
606   $aEconometrics
606   $aSocial Choice and Welfare
606   $aPublic Policy
615  0$aDevelopment economics.
615  0$aEconometrics.
615  0$aSocial choice.
615  0$aWelfare economics.
615  0$aPolitical planning.
615 14$aDevelopment Economics.
615 24$aEconometrics.
615 24$aSocial Choice and Welfare.
615 24$aPublic Policy.
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700   $aKakwani$b Nanak$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0249656
702   $aSon$b Hyun Hwa$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
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