ECN-6992 Measuring and Alleviating Poverty and Inequality

Poverty and inequality reduction is a central objective of economic policies in both developed and developing countries. This course introduces students to the main theoretical and empirical aspects of the economic analysis of poverty and inequality : distributive analysis, poverty and inequality measures and profiles, multidimensional poverty, robustness, pro-poor growth and policies, poverty alleviation, targeting criteria and the distributive effects of price changes and tax reforms. Each theoretical class is accompanied with practices on real data. Participants require a working knowledge of basic statistics. Students who have successfully completed ECN-7292 cannot register for this course.