書目名稱 | Measuring Development | 副標(biāo)題 | An Inequality Domina | 編輯 | Asis Kumar Banerjee | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/629/628175/628175.mp4 | 概述 | Develops a new method for ranking economies in terms of their levels of development.Obtains robust rankings but has the disadvantage of the possibility (though not the inevitability) of ranking failur | 叢書名稱 | Themes in Economics | 圖書封面 |  | 描述 | This book?discusses?how to measure the level of development of an economy, particularly,?the task of?ranking economies in terms?of their?development.?In this context, development is?defined?as an increase?in people’s?level of wellbeing.?The?book?emphasises that wellbeing is a multidimensional?concept, and that it is important to ask how equitably the fruits of development are distributed,?and as such it focuses?on multidimensional, inequality-sensitive development ranking. Rather?than using various?specific development indices, which would lead to different development rankings for?a country,?the book proposes?a dominance approach,?which formulates?conditions under which two economies can be ranked unambiguously, making it valid for?all reasonable development indices. With the help of illustrative examples using?real-world data, it demonstrates?that such unambiguous rankings are possible, and that the proposed approach can be used to complement traditional?approaches.?An invaluable resource for researchers working in the field of development,?the book will?also appeal to?practitioners engaged in measuring development..An excerpt from the book‘s Foreword:."[This book] is a comprehen | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | 關(guān)鍵詞 | Measurement of Development; Multidimensional Well-being; Multidimensional Inequality;; Development Rank | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6161-0 | isbn_softcover | 978-981-15-6163-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-981-15-6161-0Series ISSN 2730-5597 Series E-ISSN 2730-5600 | issn_series | 2730-5597 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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