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How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World?

rp2006-64.pdf (252.17 kilobytes)

Publisher:

UNU-WIDER

Series:

WIDER Research Paper

Volume:

2006/64

Title:

How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World?

Authors:

Lars Osberg and Kuan Xu

Publication date:

2006

ISSN Web:

1810-2611

ISBN Web:

929190838X

ISBN 13 Web:

9789291908387

Copyright holder:

© UNU-WIDER

Copyright year:

2006

Keywords:

development, poverty, measurement, China, rural, urban

JEL:

O15, I32

Project:

Inequality and Poverty in China

Sponsor:

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