Measuring Global Poverty [electronic resource] : Toward a Pro-Poor Approach /
Wisor, S.author.
The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
pt. 1. A framework for analyzing poverty -- pt. 2. Competing conceptions and measures of poverty -- pt. 3. The way forward.
The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political economy.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Ethics.
Development economics.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
International Political Economy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Ethics.
Development Economics.