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A teenager wears torn rubber boots in a muddy local market in Bac Ha, Viet Nam. As of 2005 figures, half the world population—more than 3 billion people–is estimated to live on less than USD 2.50 a day. Bac Ha, Viet Nam. UN Photo/Kibae Park.

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Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy with an Egalitarian Constraint

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Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2004/12
Title:
Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy with an Egalitarian Constraint
Authors:
S. Subramanian
Publication date:
2004
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291905917
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291905911
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2004
Keywords:
poverty, transfer schedules, income-gap ratios
JEL:
I32, I38, D63
Sponsor:
UNU-WIDER acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
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