Measuring Global Poverty : Toward a Pro-Poor Approach / Scott Wisor, Australian National University, Australia.

Author/creator Wisor, Scott, 1981-
Format Book
PublicationBasingstoke, Hampshire : palgrave macmillan, 2012.
Descriptionxiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface and acknowledgement -- Part I: A framework for analyzing poverty -- Introducing poverty measurement -- A defense of global poverty measurement -- A pro-poor methodology -- Part II: Competing conceptions and measures of poverty -- Monetary approaches -- Basic needs -- Capabilities -- Social exclution -- Rights -- Part III: The way forward -- New values, new desiderata -- Public reason and poverty measurement -- Toward pro-poor global poverty measurement -- Notes -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (219-235) and indexes.
LCCN 2011047541
ISBN9780230302860 (hbk.)
ISBN0230302866 (hbk.)
Standard identifier# 6893121

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC79 .P6 W57 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold