Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries / edited by Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp, A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).

"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)."

Principles and choices. Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries : motivation and overview / Absolute poverty lines / Multidimensional first-order dominance comparisons of population wellbeing / Estimation in practice / Country applications. Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11 / Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10 / Methods matter : the sensitivity of Malawian poverty estimates to definitions, data, and assumptions / A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique / Poverty trends in Pakistan / Uganda : a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines / Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo : 2007 through 2013 / Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana / Measuring multidimensional poverty in Nigeria / Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania / Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia / Summing-up and lessons learnt. Synthesis / Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries / Conclusions and looking forward / User guide to Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software--PLEASe / User guide to Estimating First-Order Dominance software (EFOD) /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

part 1. Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp -- Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Nikolaj Siersboek, Lars Peter Østerdal, and Channing Arndt -- Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt. -- part 2. David Stifel and Tassew Woldehanna -- David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena, and Faly Rakotomanana -- Ulrik Beck, Richard Mussa, and Karl Pauw -- Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, Kristi Mahrt, Vincenzo Salvucci, and Finn Tarp -- Edward Whitney, Hina Nazli, and Kristi Mahrt -- Bjorn Van Campenhout, Haruna Sekabira, and Fiona Nattembo -- Kristi Mahrt and Malokele Nanivazo -- Raymond Elikplim Kofinti and Samuel Kobina Annim -- Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Kristi Mahrt, and Olufunke A. Alaba -- Channing Arndt, Vincent Leyaro, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Kristi Mahrt and Gibson Masumbu. -- part 3. Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, and Finn Tarp -- Ulrik Beck -- Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp. -- appendix A. Channing Arndt, Ulrik Beck, M. Azhar Hussain, Kristi, Mahrt, Kenneth Simler, and Finn Tarp -- appendix B. Channing Arndt and Kristi Mahrt.

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible and known base. The volume covers the theoretical grounding for the code streams provided, a chapter on 'estimation in practice', and a series of 11 case studies where the code streams are operationalized, as well as a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward."--Page [4] of cover.