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Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Rolph Hoeven
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  2. Richard Anker

    1. Labour Market Analysis and Information Unit, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Measurement and Trends of Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Poverty Changes in Developing Countries

      • Gary S. Fields
      Pages 3-14

    3. Poverty Concepts and Measurement

      • Paul Streeten
      Pages 15-30

    4. The Evolution of Poverty in Latin America in the 1980s

      • Pedro Sáinz
      Pages 31-53

  4. Planning for Poverty Alleviation in a Context of Adjustment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Monitoring Poverty and Employment Trends: An Index for the Social Debt

      • Ricardo Infante, Víctor Tokman
      Pages 97-114

    3. Can Safety Nets and Compensatory Programmes be Used for Poverty Alleviation?

      • Rolph van der Hoeven
      Pages 115-123

    4. Budgetary Policy and Social Planning: Listing Some Issues for the Agenda

      • Ricardo Carciofi
      Pages 124-133

  5. Rapid Policy Action for Vulnerable Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Rapid Policy Interventions

      • Paul Streeten
      Pages 137-144

    3. Identifying and Targeting Poverty Alleviation in Chile

      • Alvaro García
      Pages 145-149

    4. Towards a Rapid Assessment of Poverty

      • Richard Bilsborrow
      Pages 150-158

  6. International Agencies Perspectives on Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Poverty Alleviation: How can UNICEF Contribute?

      • Eva Jespersen
      Pages 161-172

    3. On Improving Public Policies for the Poor: Major Informational Requirements

      • Ehtisham Ahmad, Nigel Chalk
      Pages 173-190

    4. Poverty Estimates for the ILO’s World Labour Report

      • Wouter van Ginneken
      Pages 191-202
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This volume assembles the major papers discussed at an international workshop on poverty monitoring to evaluate poverty indicators and poverty monitoring systems. It aims to focus more attention on poverty issues and improve policies for alleviating poverty.

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  • Labour Market Analysis and Information Unit, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland

    Richard Anker

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