Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Poverty Changes in Developing Countries....Pages 3-14
Poverty Concepts and Measurement....Pages 15-30
The Evolution of Poverty in Latin America in the 1980s....Pages 31-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Poverty Measurement and Alternative Indicators of Development....Pages 57-83
Poverty and Development: The Human Development Report (1990), and the World Development Report (1990)....Pages 84-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Monitoring Poverty and Employment Trends: An Index for the Social Debt....Pages 97-114
Can Safety Nets and Compensatory Programmes be Used for Poverty Alleviation?....Pages 115-123
Budgetary Policy and Social Planning: Listing Some Issues for the Agenda....Pages 124-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Rapid Policy Interventions....Pages 137-144
Identifying and Targeting Poverty Alleviation in Chile....Pages 145-149
Towards a Rapid Assessment of Poverty....Pages 150-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Poverty Alleviation: How can UNICEF Contribute?....Pages 161-172
On Improving Public Policies for the Poor: Major Informational Requirements....Pages 173-190
Poverty Estimates for the ILO’s World Labour Report....Pages 191-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Conclusions of the Workshop....Pages 205-213
Back Matter....Pages 214-224