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A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality--Theory and Practice : Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software

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dc.contributor.authorFoster, James
dc.contributor.authorSeth, Suman
dc.contributor.authorLokshin, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSajaia, Zurab
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-04T15:59:37Z
dc.date.available2013-06-04T15:59:37Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-10
dc.description.abstractA Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over time and space. Several recent initiatives have lowered the cost of accessing household datasets. The ADePT software enables users to analyze microdata from household surveys and other sources and generate print-ready, standardized tables and charts. It can also be used to simulate the impact of economic shocks, cash transfers and other policy instruments on poverty, and inequality. The software automates analysis, helps minimize human errors, and encourages development of new economic analysis methods. Of interest to teachers and students as well as to policy practitioners, A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality will empower researchers to plumb greater depths in searching for regularity in larger and larger datasets. This book should help to enrich discussion and analysis relating to the World Bank's recent effort toward defining new targets and indicators for promoting work on eradicating poverty and enhancing shared prosperity.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8461-9
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-8461-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13731
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectIncome standards
dc.subjectInequality measures
dc.subjectPoverty measures
dc.subjectDistribution
dc.subjectSensitivity Analyses
dc.subjectDominance Analyses
dc.subjectChronic poverty
dc.subjectInequality of opportunity
dc.subjectWatts Index
dc.subjectSST Index
dc.subjectCHUC Index
dc.subjectGini coefficient
dc.subjectLorenz curve
dc.subjectGrowth curve
dc.titleA Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality--Theory and Practice : Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Softwareen
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okr.date.disclosure2013-05-10
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okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8461-9
okr.identifier.report78298
okr.language.supporteden
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
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