Title Statements
- Full title :Reducing Global Poverty
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2009
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:E. Boulder
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009
Notes
IMD-Felder maschinell generiert
An emerging global middle class.
The Physical Object
- Description:Online-Ressource (415 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781594516399, 1594516391
- oclc:on1034803069
- LC Classification:HC79.P6R43 2008
- Dewey Decimal:362.57
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Copyright Page; Title Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Global Poverty; The Character and Extent of Poverty; The spatial nature of poverty; The social nature of poverty; Why This Report?; The need for a long horizon; The importance of maintaining global and country-specific perspectives; The value of a deep and integrated look at poverty drivers; Integrated methodology; Caveats and Cautions; Conflicts over poverty conceptualization.
Data and measurement limitationsModel limitations; Limitations on interpretation; Why do this exercise?; Road Map for This Volume; Conclusion; 2 Concepts and Measurement; The Concept and Measurement of Poverty; Income Poverty: Absolute Measures; The poverty headcount and headcount ratio; The poverty gap and the FGT family of measures; Setting absolute poverty levels; Income Poverty, Relatively Speaking; The Capabilities Approach to Poverty; Some basic issues; The relationship between income poverty and capability poverty; The measurement of poverty in this book.
The Consequences of Conceptualization and Measurement …
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