Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for …, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate … measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes …

Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and … translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty … global inequality by leading inequality scholars, aligning these to comprehensive reviews of inequality trends in five of the …

analysis of debt, development, and poverty …

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach … operationalized, as well as a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward."--Page [4] of cover …