Poverty, relative to the ability to eradicate it: An index of poverty reduction failure

被引：9

作者：

Kanbur, Ravi

Mukherjee, Diganta

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA

[2] ICFAI Business Sch, Kolkata, India

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 97卷 / 01期

关键词：

absolute poverty; relative poverty; poverty reduction failure;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.021

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We argue that the same level of poverty is "worse" if the resources available to address it are greater. We characterize a class of indices that measure Poverty Reduction Failure and provide an empirical illustration of their suitability using data for 94 country observations in 2001. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：52 / 57

页数：6

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