Handbook on Poverty + Inequality
- ISBN-10
- 0821376144
- ISBN-13
- 9780821376140
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-27
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Authors
- Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker
Description
For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, this Handbook is the place to start. It is designed to be accessible to people with a university-level background in science or the social sciences. It is an invaluable tool for policy analysts, researchers, college students, and government officials working on policy issues related to poverty and inequality.
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