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Measuring Global Poverty

Toward a Pro-Poor Approach

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Scott Wisor

    1. Australian National University, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. A Framework for Analyzing Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introducing Poverty Measurement

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      Pages 3-22

    3. A Defense of Global Poverty Measurement

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      Pages 23-36

    4. A Pro-Poor Methodology

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      Pages 37-56

  3. Competing Conceptions and Measures of Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Monetary Approaches

      • Scott Wisor
      Pages 59-76

    3. Basic Needs

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      Pages 77-90

    4. Capabilities

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      Pages 91-110

    5. Social Exclusion

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      Pages 111-122

    6. Rights

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      Pages 123-141

  4. The Way Forward

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      Pages 143-143
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    2. New Values, New Desiderata

      • Scott Wisor
      Pages 145-164

    3. Public Reason and Poverty Measurement

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      Pages 165-180

    4. Toward Pro-Poor Global Poverty Measurement

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      Pages 181-196

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 197-241
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The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Australian National University, Australia

    Scott Wisor

About the author

SCOTT WISOR is Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University, Australia.

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