Part 1. Principles and choices : Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries: motivation and overview/ Channing Arndt and Fin Tarp; Absolute poverty lines / Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp; Multidimensional first-order dominance comparison of population wellbeing/ Nikolaj Siersboek, Lars Peter Osterdal, and Channing Arndt; Estimation in practice/ Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt -- Part 2. Country applications: Estimation utility-consistent poverty in Ethopia, 2000-11/ David Stifel and Tassew Woldehanna; Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10/ David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena, and Faly Rakotomanana; Methods matter: the sensitivity of Malawian poverty estimates to definition, data and assumptions/ Ulrik Beck, Richard Mussa, and Karl Pauw; A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique / Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, Kristi Mahrt, Vincenzo Salvucci, and Finn Tarp; A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique/ Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, Kristi Mahrt, Viincenzo Salvucci, and Finn Tarp; Poverty trends in Pakistan/ Edward Whitney, Hina Nazil; and Kristi Mahr; Uganda: A new set of Utility-Consistent poverty lines/ Bjorn Van Campenhout, Haurana Sekabira and Fiona Nattembo; Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republif of Congo: 2007 through 2013/ Kristi Mahrt, and Malokele Nanivazo; Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana/ Raymond Elikplin Kofinti and Samuel Kobina Annim; Measuring multidimensional poverty in Nigeria/ Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhenat Jerome, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Kristi Mahrt and Olufunke A. Alaba; Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania/ Channing Arndt, Vincent Leyora, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp; Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia/ Kristi Mahrt and Gibson Masumbul -- Part 3. Summing-up and lessons learnt: Synthesis/ Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt and Finn Tarp; Keep it real: measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries/ Ulrick Beck; Conclusions and looking forward/ Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp.

xxiv, 345 p. : chart, graphs, tables

"A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)".
Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780198744801