This book examines the policy relevant analysis on poverty, inclusion and the social agenda in the Western Balkans. It employs sophisticated techniques such as small area estimation, efficiency analysis applied to household welfare and micro-simulations.

1. Poverty and exclusion in the Western Balkans: new directions in policy and analysis -- 2. The European context: measuring social inclusion in the European Union -- 3. Recent trends in measurement of poverty and exclusion in Western Balkans -- 4. Qualitative research to support the analysis of...

In 2011 the statistical authorities of Bosnia-Herzegovina collected for the first time a national survey which allows monitoring the European indicators of poverty and social exclusion as well as national indicators of absolute and relative consumption poverty. The Extended Household Budget...