Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries

Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellb...

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description Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error. It also remains, to a surprisingly high degree, an activity undertaken by technical assistance personnel and consultants based in developed countries. This book seeks to enhance the transparency, replicability, and comparability of existing practice. It also aims to significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible and known base. The volume covers the theoretical grounding for the code streams provided, a chapter on ‘estimation in practice’, a series of eleven case studies where the code streams are operationalized, a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-326922025-07-30T10:21:30Z Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries Arndt, Channing Tarp, Finn household surveys poverty analysis poverty developing countries wellbeing Calorie Consumption (economics) Famine Foreign object damage Revealed preference Rural area Sanitation Urban area thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error. It also remains, to a surprisingly high degree, an activity undertaken by technical assistance personnel and consultants based in developed countries. This book seeks to enhance the transparency, replicability, and comparability of existing practice. It also aims to significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible and known base. The volume covers the theoretical grounding for the code streams provided, a chapter on ‘estimation in practice’, a series of eleven case studies where the code streams are operationalized, a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-12-31 23:55:55 2018-10-03 09:09:28 2020-04-01T13:52:47Z 2016 book 622851 OCN: 983345047 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31902 9780198744801 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32692 eng WIDER Studies in Development Economics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31902/1/622851.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31902/1/622851.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31902/1/622851.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31902/1/622851.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.001.0001 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 UNU WIDER 9780198744801 384 Oxford, UK open access
spellingShingle household surveys
poverty analysis
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wellbeing
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Famine
Foreign object damage
Revealed preference
Rural area
Sanitation
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Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title_full Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title_short Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
title_sort measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries
topic household surveys
poverty analysis
poverty
developing countries
wellbeing
Calorie
Consumption (economics)
Famine
Foreign object damage
Revealed preference
Rural area
Sanitation
Urban area
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
topic_facet household surveys
poverty analysis
poverty
developing countries
wellbeing
Calorie
Consumption (economics)
Famine
Foreign object damage
Revealed preference
Rural area
Sanitation
Urban area
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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