Measurement of Trends in Wellbeing, Poverty, and Inequality with Case Studies from Bolivia and Colombia

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Author / Creator:Grosse, Melanie.
Edition:1st, New ed.
Imprint:Frankfurt a.M. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften [2018], ©2011.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik / Göttingen Studies in Development Economics 32
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Format: E-Resource Dissertations Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11761730
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ISBN:9783631753538
3631753535
Notes:Thesis (Doctoral).
Melanie Grosse holds a PhD degree in Economics of the University of Göttingen. Furthermore, she holds a Diploma from the University of Göttingen and a Certificate of the Advanced Studies Program in International Economic Policy Research of the Kiel Institute for World Economics. Her research focuses on poverty, inequality, and development in Latin American countries.
Online resource; title from title screen (viewed December 28, 2018).
Summary:Reducing poverty and increasing wellbeing in developing countries have become central aims of both the national policy-makers as well as the international community. With the Millennium Development Declaration of 2000, the international community has agreed to focus on poverty reduction and the reduction of deprivation in its many dimensions. This book investigates conceptual and empirical issues on the measurement of trends in wellbeing, poverty, and inequality, illustrated for Bolivia and Colombia. The book contributes significantly to filling data gaps by combining existing data in a new way. Furthermore, it presents an important step forward to focus more on multidimensional outcomes of wellbeing rather than on monetary inputs and to develop tools to monitor the progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Other form:Print version: 9783631613764
Standard no.:9783631753538
10.3726/b13875
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Summary:Reducing poverty and increasing wellbeing in developing countries have become central aims of both the national policy-makers as well as the international community. With the Millennium Development Declaration of 2000, the international community has agreed to focus on poverty reduction and the reduction of deprivation in its many dimensions. This book investigates conceptual and empirical issues on the measurement of trends in wellbeing, poverty, and inequality, illustrated for Bolivia and Colombia. The book contributes significantly to filling data gaps by combining existing data in a new way. Furthermore, it presents an important step forward to focus more on multidimensional outcomes of wellbeing rather than on monetary inputs and to develop tools to monitor the progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9783631753538
3631753535