Title Measuring poverty around the world / Anthony B. Atkinson ; edited by John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini ; with afterwords by Franc̦ois Bourguignon and Nicholas Stern

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 429 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Contents Introduction -- What do we mean by poverty? -- Clarifying concepts -- The key role of data -- Global poverty and the sustainable development goals -- Poverty in Asia and the pacific -- Africa: diversity of experience -- Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Poverty in rich countries and a global measure of poverty -- Conclusions: beyond $1.90 a day -- Growth, inequality, and poverty reduction -- Poverty and climate change Summary In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty - in rich and poor countries alike - is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Better measurement of poverty is essential for raising awareness, motivating action, designing good policy, gauging progress, and holding political leaders accountable for meeting targets. To help make this possible, Atkinson provides a critically important examination of how poverty is - and should be - measured. Bringing together evidence about the nature and extent of poverty across the world and including case studies of sixty countries, Atkinson addresses both financial poverty and other indicators of deprivation. He starts from first principles about the meaning of poverty, translates these into concrete measures, and analyzes the data to which the measures can be applied. Crucially, he integrates international organizations' measurements of poverty with countries' own national analyses. Atkinson died before he was able to complete the book, but at his request it was edited for publication by two of his colleagues, John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini. In addition, Fran ois Bourguignon and Nicholas Stern provide afterwords that address key issues from the unfinished chapters: how poverty relates to growth, inequality, and climate change "In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty--in rich and poor countries alike--is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Better measurement of poverty is essential for raising awareness, motivating action, designing good policy, gauging progress, and holding political leaders accountable for meeting targets. To help make this possible, Atkinson provides a critically important examination of how poverty is--and should be--measured. Bringing together evidence about the nature and extent of poverty across the world and including case studies of sixty countries, Atkinson addresses both financial poverty and other indicators of deprivation. He starts from first principles about the meaning of poverty, translates these into concrete measures, and analyzes the data to which the measures can be applied. Crucially, he integrates international organizations' measurements of poverty with countries' own national analyses. Atkinson died before he was able to complete the book, but at his request it was edited for publication by two of his colleagues, John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini. In addition, François Bourguignon and Nicholas Stern provide afterwords that address key issues from the unfinished chapters: how poverty relates to growth, inequality, and climate change. The result is an essential contribution to efforts to alleviate poverty around the world."--Provided by publisher Analysis Amartya Sen Angus Deaton Asian Development Bank Atlas method Calculation Cambodia Capability approach Case study Central Statistical Office (Poland) Child poverty Climate change mitigation Climate change Commodity Consumer Consumption (economics) Demographic and Health Surveys Developed country Developing country Development aid Disposable and discretionary income Economic growth Economic inequality Economy Employment Estimation Eurostat Extreme poverty Family income Famine Finding Head of Household Household income Household Human Development Index Human Development Report Imputed rent Income distribution Income Kenya Latin America Malaysia Martin Ravallion Measurement Measures of national income and output Median income Millennium Development Goals Month Multidimensional Poverty Index National Report National Statistical Office (South Korea) National accounts No Poverty Oxford University Press Percentage point Percentage Poverty in China Poverty in India Poverty in Poland Poverty in the United States Poverty reduction Poverty threshold Poverty Prevalence Price index Public economics Purchasing power Requirement Rural area Rural poverty Sabina Alkire Sampling (statistics) Saving Social exclusion Social protection South Asia Standard of living Statistic Statistics South Africa Survey methodology Sustainable Development Goals Tanzania Tax Thomas Piketty Time series Trade-off Uganda Bureau of Statistics Uganda Unemployment United Nations Development Programme United States Census Bureau Urbanization Wealth Workforce World Bank Group World Bank World Development Indicators World Development Report World population Year Zambia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-415) and indexes Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2019) SUBJECT Welt. gnd Subject Poverty. Poverty -- Case studies Equality. Poverty -- Research. Poverty poverty. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development. Poverty -- Research Equality Poverty Armut Messung Entwicklungsländer Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780691191898 0691191891

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