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List of Figures | p. vii |
List of Tables | p. ix |
List of Abbreviations | p. xii |
Contributors | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Measuring Global Poverty | |
The Debate on Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality: Why Measurement Matters | p. 25 |
How Not to Count the Poor | p. 42 |
A Reply to Reddy and Pogge | p. 86 |
How Many Poor People Should There Be? A Rejoinder to Ravallion | p. 102 |
Raising the Standard: The War on Global Poverty | p. 115 |
Irrelevance of the $1-a-Day Poverty Line | p. 143 |
Use of Country Purchasing Power Parities for International Comparisons of Poverty Levels: Potential and Limitations | p. 154 |
Measuring Poverty in a Growing World (or Measuring Growth in a Poor World) | p. 187 |
Poverty or Income Distribution: Which Do We Want to Measure? | p. 225 |
A Note on the (Mis) Use of National Accounts for Estimation of Household Final Consumption Expenditures for Poverty Measures | p. 238 |
Unequal Development in the 1990s: Growing Gaps in Human Capabilities | p. 246 |
Regional and Country Studies | |
Improving Measurement of Latin American Inequality and Poverty with an Eye to Equitable Growth Policy | p. 263 |
The Changing Nature of Urban Poverty in China | p. 300 |
China is Poorer than We Thought, but No Less Successful in the Fight against Poverty | p. 327 |
Poverty Decline in India in the 1990s: A Reality and Not an Artifact | p. 341 |
Living Standards in Africa | p. 372 |
Index | p. 427 |
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