Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Motivation and Overview

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Standard

Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries : Motivation and Overview. / Arndt, Channing; Tarp, Finn.

Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries. red. / Channing Arndt; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2017. s. 3-9.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Arndt, C & Tarp, F 2017, Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Motivation and Overview. i C Arndt & F Tarp (red), Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries. Oxford University Press, s. 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001

APA

Arndt, C., & Tarp, F. (2017). Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Motivation and Overview. I C. Arndt, & F. Tarp (red.), Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries (s. 3-9). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001

Vancouver

Arndt C, Tarp F. Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Motivation and Overview. I Arndt C, Tarp F, red., Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries. Oxford University Press. 2017. s. 3-9 https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001

Author

Arndt, Channing ; Tarp, Finn. / Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries : Motivation and Overview. Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries. red. / Channing Arndt ; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2017. s. 3-9

Bibtex

@inbook{9e25cdcf1da841948c2bf8b1a629114d,
title = "Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Motivation and Overview",
abstract = "Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on large-scale, nationally representative household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now conduct on a regular basis a variety of household surveys—income, consumption, health, demographics, labour force, household enterprise, and others. And the information base in developing countries with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial; this chapter lays out for the reader the issues and challenges. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error.",
keywords = "Faculty of Social Sciences, poverty, poverty measurement, developing countries, household surveys, wellbeing",
author = "Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780198744801",
pages = "3--9",
editor = "Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp",
booktitle = "Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
address = "United Kingdom",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries

T2 - Motivation and Overview

AU - Arndt, Channing

AU - Tarp, Finn

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on large-scale, nationally representative household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now conduct on a regular basis a variety of household surveys—income, consumption, health, demographics, labour force, household enterprise, and others. And the information base in developing countries with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial; this chapter lays out for the reader the issues and challenges. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error.

AB - Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on large-scale, nationally representative household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now conduct on a regular basis a variety of household surveys—income, consumption, health, demographics, labour force, household enterprise, and others. And the information base in developing countries with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial; this chapter lays out for the reader the issues and challenges. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - poverty

KW - poverty measurement

KW - developing countries

KW - household surveys

KW - wellbeing

U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001

DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744801.003.0001

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9780198744801

SP - 3

EP - 9

BT - Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries

A2 - Arndt, Channing

A2 - Tarp, Finn

PB - Oxford University Press

ER -

ID: 146212029