Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries / / Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 362.5091724
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Developing countries; Poverty - Measurement; Well-being - Developing countries; Well-being - Measurement
• Persona (resp. second.): ArndtChanning; TarpFinn <1951->
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This graduate text provides a review of the major approaches employed for estimating poverty lines and how poverty is estimated in practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries
• ISBN: 0-19-106226-X; 0-19-874480-3; 0-19-180596-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910160764703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in development economics.