Defining Poverty in the Developing World

Frances Stewart editor Barbara Harriss-White editor Ruhi saith editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:28th Jun '07

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SUSANA FRANCO (Ph.D. Notingham) economist who has specialised in Development Economics CATERINA RUGGERI LADERCHI poverty economist at the World Bank ABHILASHA SHARMA Associate Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER),New Delhi, India

Using data for India and Peru, the authors compare and contrast four different approaches to poverty analysis at a theoretical and empirical level. The research reveals the implications for measuring poverty and for policy, concluding that the approach chosen does make a marked difference to conclusions drawn.Using data for India and Peru, the authors compare and contrast four different approaches to poverty analysis at a theoretical and empirical level. The research reveals the implications for measuring poverty and for policy, concluding that the approach chosen does make a marked difference to conclusions drawn.

'The core strength of the volume is the care with which both theoretical and empirical issues are explored...it will have lasting value as a classic in an assessment of the alternative concepts, definitions and measures of poverty.' - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

ISBN: 9780230516724

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Weight: 508g

264 pages