UID:
edoccha_9958113580202883
Format:
xxi, 419 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8213-7614-4
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables. It provides a current overview of the most recent data available as well as important regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. World Development Indicators 2009 presents the mos
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Foreword; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 What Is Poverty and Why Measure It?; 2 Measuring Poverty; Tables; Figures; Boxes; 3 Poverty Lines; 4 Measures of Poverty; 5 Poverty Indexes: Checking for Robustness; 6 Inequality Measures; 7 Describing Poverty: Poverty Profiles; 8 Understanding the Determinants of Poverty; 9 Poverty Reduction Policies; 10 International Poverty Comparisons; 11 The Analysis of Poverty over Time; 12 Vulnerability to Poverty; 13 Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation; 14 Using Regression; 15 The Effects of Taxation and Spending on Inequality and Poverty
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16 Using Survey Data: Some Cautionary TalesAppendix 1 Data Introduction; Appendix 2 Stata Preliminary; Appendix 3 Exercises; Answers to the Review Questions; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7613-6
Language:
English
