Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis is evolving rapidly. A particular counting approach to multidimensional poverty measurement, developed by Sabina Alkire and James Foster, has created considerable interest. Notably the publication of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) estimates in the Human Development Reports of the United Nations Development Programme since 2010, and national poverty measures released in Mexico, Colombia, Bhutan, and the Philippines. The academic response has been similarly swift, with related articles published in both theoretical and applied journals. The high and insistent demand for in-depth and precise accounts of multidimensional poverty measurement motivates this book, which is aimed at graduate students in quantitative social sciences, researchers of poverty measurement, and technical staff in governments and international agencies who create multidimensional poverty measures. The book is organized into four elements. The first introduces the framework for multidimensional measurement and provides a lucid overview of a range of multidimensional techniques and the problems each can address. The second part gives a synthetic introduction of 'counting' approaches to multidimensional poverty measurement and provides an in-depth account of the counting multidimensional poverty measurement methodology developed by Alkire and Foster, which is a straightforward extension of the well-known Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures that had a significant and lasting impact on income poverty measurement. The final two parts deal with the pre-estimation issues such as normative choices and distinctive empirical techniques used in measure design, and the post-estimation issues such as robustness tests, statistical inferences, comparisons over time, and assessments of inequality among the poor.

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis

Business & Money

Foster, James

Alkire, Sabina

Seth, Suman

Santos, Maria Emma

Roche, Jose Manuel

Ballon, Paola

Economics

Oxford University Press

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding.

A Short Course in General Relativity

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Springer

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The History of British Deism

Chandler, Samuel

Religion & Spirituality

Routledge

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's general theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding.  The text begins with an exposition of those aspects of tensor calculus and differential geometry needed for a proper exposition of the subject.  The discussion then turns to the spacetime of general relativity and to geodesic motion, comparisons and contrasts with Newton's theory being drawn where appropriate. A brief consideration of the field equations is followed by a discussion of physics in the vicinity of massive objects, including an elementary treatment of black holes.   Particular attention is paid to those aspects of the theory that have observational consequences.  The book concludes with brief introductory chapters on gravitational radiation and cosmology, and includes an appendix that reviews the special theory of relativity.  In preparing this new edition, the authors have made extensive revisions to the original text.  In particular, the first three chapters -- covering coordinate systems, tensors and the geometry of curved spaces -- have been completely rewritten to make the material readily accessible to physics students. Many examples, exercises and problems help guide the student through the theory.

Nightingale, J.D.

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

'A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice' is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over time and space. Several recent initiatives have lowered the cost of accessing household datasets. The ADePT software enables users to analyze microdata from household surveys and other sources and generate print-ready, standardized tables and charts. It can also be used to simulate the impact of economic shocks, cash transfers and other policy instruments on poverty, and inequality. The software automates analysis, helps minimize human errors, and encourages development of new economic analysis methods. Of interest to teachers and students as well as to policy practitioners, 'A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality' will empower researchers to plumb greater depths in searching for regularity in larger and larger datasets. This book should help to enrich discussion and analysis relating to the World Bank's recent effort toward defining new targets and indicators for promoting work on eradicating poverty and enhancing shared prosperity.

A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice (World Bank Training Series)

Lokshin, Michael

Sajaia, Zurab

Reference

World Bank Publications

Memoires De La Vie Du Lord Lovat: Relation De La Conduite Du Feu Comte De Kilmarnock Apres Sa Sentence Prononcee (1747) (French Edition)

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Biographies & Memoirs

Lovat, Simon Fraser

Historical

Kessinger Publishing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

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An Essay On Fundamentals In Religion: To Which Are Added Extracts From The Introduction To The Scripture Doctrine Of The Trinity (1836)

Literature & Fiction

Clarke, Samuel

Hincks, William

Literary

The Duties Of The Married State: To Which Are Prefixed Observations On The True Ground Of The Duty Of Parents To Their Children (1843)

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