Poverty Lines in Theory and Practice (LSMS WORKING PAPER) - Softcover

Ravallion, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821342266 ISBN 13: 9780821342268

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 1998

Synopsis

A poverty line helps focus the attention of governments and civil society on the living conditions of the poor. This paper offers a critical overview of alternative approaches to setting poverty lines. In reviewing the methods found in practice, the paper tries to throw light on, and go some way toward resolving, ongoing debates about poverty measurement, emphasizing those debates which would appear to have greatest bearing on policy discussions.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821342266
• ISBN 13: 9780821342268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 52