Overview
- Provides researchers the latest developments in the measurement of multi-dimensional poverty, and policy relevant analysis on countries in the Western Balkans
- Employs sophisticated techniques of poverty analysis such as small area estimation, efficiency analysis applied to household welfare and micro-simulations
- Contains unique regional focus on social and statistical issues which should be of growing interest to countries that proceed towards EU candidate status?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being (EIAP, volume 8)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sara Savastano is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata – Italy. In addition to her academic activities she collaborates with the Development Research Group of the World Bank, the FAO, and other international organizations and private institutions. Her research spans from option value theory and investment analysis to agricultural efficiency and productivity analysis, on which she published a number of papers, including on the Western Balkans. Recently, Sara started to explore innovative topics in Neuroeconomics and Behavioral Economics.
Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi is a Senior Poverty Economist in the Europe and Central Asia division of the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank she worked on poverty, employment and social issues for the Human Development Report Office of UNDP, DFID and the European Commission. Her research has mostly focused on the measurement of alternative concepts of poverty and deprivation, labour market analysis in low income settings, and the distributional and gender impacts of reforms, particularly tariff reforms.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans
Book Subtitle: New Directions in Measurement and Policy
Editors: Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Sara Savastano
Series Title: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4945-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4944-7Published: 13 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8647-4Published: 06 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4945-4Published: 12 February 2013
Series ISSN: 2364-107X
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 298
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Economic Policy, European Integration