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Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Nanak Kakwani

    1. International Poverty Centre, University of Sydney, Brazil

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  2. Jacques Silber

    1. Bar-Ilan University, Israel

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. The Information Basis of Multivariate Poverty Assessments

    • Esfandiar Maasoumi, Maria Ana Lugo
    Pages 1-29

  3. The Fuzzy Set Approach to Multidimensional Poverty: the Case of Italy in the 1990s

    • Gianni Betti, Bruno Cheli, Achille Lemmi, Vijay Verma
    Pages 30-48

  4. The Rasch Model and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

    • Alessio Fusco, Paul Dickes
    Pages 49-62

  5. A Cluster Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Switzerland

    • Giovanni Ferro Luzzi, Yves Flückiger, Sylvain Weber
    Pages 63-79

  6. Multidimensional Poverty and Multiple Correspondence Analysis

    • Louis-Marie Asselin, Vu Tuan Anh
    Pages 80-103

  7. Income, Consumption and Permanent Income: a Mimic Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

    • Ramses Abul Naga, Enrico Bolzani
    Pages 104-117

  8. Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being Based on Latent Variable Models

    • Jaya Krishnakumar
    Pages 118-134

  9. A Multidimensional Approach to Subjective Poverty

    • Bernard M. S. van Praag, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
    Pages 135-154

  10. Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-being with an Illustration for Catalonia

    • Xavier Ramos
    Pages 155-175

  11. Efficiency Analysis and the Lower Convex Hull Approach

    • Gordon Anderson, Ian Crawford, Andrew Leicester
    Pages 176-191

  12. Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: The Axiomatic Approach

    • Satya R. Chakravarty, Jacques Silber
    Pages 192-209

  13. Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Application Based on Reported Well-Being in Colombia

    • Carlos Eduardo Vélez, Marcos Robles
    Pages 210-225

  14. The Order of Acquisition of Durable Goods and the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty

    • Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber
    Pages 226-243

  15. Using an Ordinal Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Analysis

    • Jean-Yves Duclos, David E. Sahn, Stephen D. Younger
    Pages 244-261

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 262-265
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About this book

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Poverty Centre, University of Sydney, Brazil

    Nanak Kakwani

  • Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Jacques Silber

About the editors

RAMSES ABUL NAGA University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland GORDON ANDERSON University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada LOUIS-MARIE ASSELIN Institut de Mathématique C.F. Gauss and CIRPÉE Centre, Laval, Canada ENRICO BOLZANI Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern, Switzerland GIANNI BETTI University of Siena, Siena, Italy BRUNO CHELI University of Pisa, Siena, Italy SATYA R. CHAKRAVARTY Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India IAN CRAWFORD University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK JOSEPH DEUTSCH Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel PAUL DICKES University of Nancy II, Nancy, France JEAN-YVES DUCLOS Department of Economics, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Canada ADA FERRER-I-CARBONELL University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands GIOVANNI FERRO LUZZI University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland YVES FLÜCKIGER University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland ALESSIO FUSCO CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg JAYA KRISHNAKUMAR University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland ANDREW LEICESTER Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK ACHILLE LEMMI University of Siena, Siena, Italy ANA LUGO MARIA University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ESFANDIAR MAASOUMI Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA BERNARD VAN PRAAG University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands XAVI RAMOS Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain MARCO ROBLES Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA DAVID SAHN Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA CARLOS EDUARDO VÉLEZ Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA VIJAY VERMA University of Siena, Siena, Italy VU TUAN ANH Vietnam Institute of Economics, Vietnam SYLVAIN WEBER Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG), Geneva, Switzerland; University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES SO), Switzerland STEPHEN D YOUNGER, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

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