Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

AvN. Kakwani,J. Silber,Nanak Kakwani,Jacques Silber

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This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-02-21
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt576 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor265
Upplaga2008
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230004894

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NANAK KAKWANI is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney, Australia. He was the Principal Researcher (January 2005-November 2006) and Director/Chief Economist (January 2003-January 2006) at the UNDP's International Poverty Centre, Brazil. Before joining IPC, he had been Professor for 30 years at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research areas include poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth, taxation, public policies and human development (MDG). He has published more than 100 articles in international journals and two books. He was elected as Fellow of the

Foreword; N.Lustig Preface; N.Kakwani Introduction: Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; N.Kakwani & J.Silber The Information Theory Approach; E.Maasoumi & M.A.Lugo The Fuzzy Approach to Multidimensional Poverty; G.Betti, B.Cheli, A.Lemmi & V.Verma The Rasch Model and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; A.Fusco & P.Dickes Multidimensional Poverty: Factor and Cluster Analysis; G.F.Luzzi, Y.Flückiger & S.Weber Multidimensional Poverty and Multiple Correspondence Analysis; L-M.Asselin & V.T.Anh Permanent Income, Poverty Measurement and the MIMIC Model; R.H.Abul Naga & E.Bolzani Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-Being based on Latent Variable Models; J.Krishnakumar The Subjective Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; B.van Praag & A.Ferrer-i-Carbonell The Econometric Approach to Efficiency Analysis; X.Ramos Efficiency Analysis and the Lower Convex Hull; G.Anderson, I.Crawford & A.Leicester The Axiomatic Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; S.R.Chakravarty & J.Silber Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices; C.E.Velez& M.Robles The Order of Acquisition of Durable Goods and the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty; J.Deutsch & J.Silber Using an Ordinal Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Analysis; J-Y.Duclos, D.Sahn & S.D.Younger