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Characterizing wind power resource reliability in southern Africa

Fant, Charles; Gunturu, Udaya Bhaskar - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Producing electricity from wind is attractive because it provides a clean, low-maintenance power supply. However, wind resource is intermittent on various time scales, thus introducing variability in power output that is difficult for electric grid planni

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Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile. This paper employs recently collected data on household...

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Another Mere Addition Paradox? Some Reflections on Variable Population Poverty Measurement

Hassoun, Nicole - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Debates about poverty relief and foreign aid often hinge on claims about how many poor people there are in the world and what constitutes poverty. Good measures of poverty are essential for addressing the world poverty problem. Measures of poverty require a basis for determining who is poor and...

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Indices of social development and their application to Africa

de Haan, Arjan; Foa, Roberto - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper, using a new set of social development indices, explores the measurement of social development across Africa …, and how this relates to broader development patterns and measurement. Development practitioners worldwide increasingly …

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Engaging with fragile and conflict-affected states: An alternative approach to theory, measurement and practice

Woolcock, Michael - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

The coherence and effectiveness of engagement with the world.s .fragile and conflict-affected states..beyond ethical imperatives and geo-strategic considerations.turns on answers to two vexing questions. First, on what defensible basis is any given countr

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Subjective Measures of Well-being

Veenhoven, Ruut - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Assessing Poverty and Inequality at a Detailed Regional Level: New Advances in Spatial Microsimulation

Harding, Ann; Lloyd, Rachel; Bill, Anthea; King, Anthony - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends

Bloom, David E; Canning, David; Fink, Günther; Khanna, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of …

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Indicators of Inequality and Poverty

Subramanian, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … functionings. In addition to an introductory and a concluding part, the paper has four sections. The first of these, on measurement … rankings; poverty measures and anti-poverty policy; and other issues in the measurement of poverty. The third section considers …

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Human Well-being: Concepts and Conceptualizations

Gasper, Des - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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