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The economics of poverty : history, measurement, and policy / Martin Ravallion.

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xxxi, 701 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780190212773 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.46 RAV
Contents:
Chapter 1: Origins of the Idea of a World Free of Poverty; Chapter 2: New Thinking on Poverty after 1950; Chapter 3: Measuring Welfare; Chapter 4: Poverty Lines; Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality Measures; Chapter 6: Impact Evaluation; Chapter 7: Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in the World; Chapter 8: Growth, Inequality and Poverty; Chapter 9: Economy-Wide and Sectoral Policies; Chapter 10: Targeted Interventions; Conclusions: Past Progress and Future Challenges.
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Chapter 1: Origins of the Idea of a World Free of Poverty; Chapter 2: New Thinking on Poverty after 1950; Chapter 3: Measuring Welfare; Chapter 4: Poverty Lines; Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality Measures; Chapter 6: Impact Evaluation; Chapter 7: Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in the World; Chapter 8: Growth, Inequality and Poverty; Chapter 9: Economy-Wide and Sectoral Policies; Chapter 10: Targeted Interventions; Conclusions: Past Progress and Future Challenges.