Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty

by Paul Segal

The international community's commitment to halve global poverty by 2015 has been enshrined in the first Millennium Development Goal. How global poverty is measured is a critical element in assessing progress towards this goal, and different researchers have presented widely-varying estimates. The chapters in this volume address a range of problems in the measurement and estimation of global poverty, from a variety of viewpoints. Topics covered include...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199558035
• ISBN13: 9780199558032
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"