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Measuring global poverty : toward a pro-poor approach
Title:
Measuring global poverty : toward a pro-poor approach
Author:
Wisor, Scott, 1981-
ISBN:
9780230302860
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Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description:
xiii, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I A Framework for Analyzing Poverty -- 1.Introducing Poverty Measurement -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Why poverty measurement matters -- 1.3.For whom does poverty measurement matter? -- 1.4.Different measures produce (very) different assessments -- 1.5.The components of a poverty measure -- 1.6.The key conceptual questions in poverty measurement -- 1.7.Existing desiderata for poverty measures -- 1.8.What poverty might be and is not -- 1.9.Recent developments -- 1.10.The rest of the book -- 2.A Defense of Global Poverty Measurement -- 2.1.The initial desirability of global poverty measurement -- 2.2.Objection 1: poverty measurement is (and should be) subject to domestic deliberation -- 2.3.Objection 2: global poverty measurement entails cosmopolitanism or global redistribution -- 2.4.Objection 3: global poverty measurement is homogenizing -- 2.5.Objection 4: problematic rank seeking behavior -- 2.6.A qualified defense of composite indices --

Contents note continued: 9.8.Cross-culturally sharable and applicable -- 9.9.Can be used by and for poor people -- 9.10.Responsive to different needs -- 9.11.Reflective of quality -- 9.12.Conclusion -- 10.Public Reason and Poverty Measurement -- 10.1.Essential contestability and the endless dispute -- 10.2.The role of participation -- 10.3.The critique of participation -- 10.4.Participatory processes and poverty measurement -- 10.5.The role of public reason in global poverty measurement -- 10.6.Public reason and the post-2015 development framework -- 10.7.Conclusion -- 11.Toward Pro-Poor Global Poverty Measurement -- 11.1.Complementarity in data collection and presentation -- 11.2.Dimensions for consideration -- 11.3.Panel data and survey data -- 11.4.Measuring vulnerability and risk -- 11.5.Bringing about change: political will for pro-poor measurement -- 11.6.A note of caution -- 11.7.Better measurement in a post-2015 world?.
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