Introduction = 1
1. Human well-being concepts and measures, Mark McGillivray and Matthew Clarke = 3
2. Does it matter that we do not agree on the definition of poverty? A comparison of four approaches, Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Ruhi Saith and Frances Stewart = 19
3. Economic well-being and non-economic well-being, Andrew Sumner = 54
4. The four qualities of life: Ordering concepts and measures of the good life, Ruut Veenhoven = 74
5. Inequalities, agency, and well-being: Conceptual linkages and measurement challenges in development, Douglas Hicks = 101
Part II : Well-being measures and applications = 117
6. On the measurement of human well-being: Fuzzy-set theory and Sen's capability approach, Mina Baliamoune-Lutz = 119
7. Benchmarking sustainable development: A synthetic meta-index approach, Laurens Cherchye and Timo Kuosmanen = 139
8. Adjusting human well-being indicators for gender disparity: Insightful empirically? Mark McGillivray and J. Ram Pillarisetti = 169
9. Well-being and the complexity of poverty: A subjective well-being approach, Mariano Rojas = 182
10. International inequality in human development dimensions, Mark McGillivray = 207
11. Assessing well-being using hierarchical needs, Matthew Clarke = 217
12. Assessing poverty and inequality at a detailed regional level: new advances in spatial microsimulation, Ann Harding, Rachel Lloyd, Anthea Bill and Anthony King = 239
Part III : Well-being case studies = 263
13. Longevity in Russia's regions: Do poverty and low public health spending kill? Oleksiy Ivaschenko = 265
14. The medium and long term effects of an expansion of education on poverty in Cote d'Ivoire: A dynamic microsimulation study, Michael Grimm = 298
15. Dynamics of poverty in Ethiopia, Arne Bigsten and Abebe Shimeles = 326
16. Prospects for 'pro-poor' growth in Africa, Arne Bigsten and Abebe Shimeles = 353
1. Human well-being concepts and measures, Mark McGillivray and Matthew Clarke = 3
2. Does it matter that we do not agree on the definition of poverty? A comparison of four approaches, Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Ruhi Saith and Frances Stewart = 19
3. Economic well-being and non-economic well-being, Andrew Sumner = 54
4. The four qualities of life: Ordering concepts and measures of the good life, Ruut Veenhoven = 74
5. Inequalities, agency, and well-being: Conceptual linkages and measurement challenges in development, Douglas Hicks = 101
Part II : Well-being measures and applications = 117
6. On the measurement of human well-being: Fuzzy-set theory and Sen's capability approach, Mina Baliamoune-Lutz = 119
7. Benchmarking sustainable development: A synthetic meta-index approach, Laurens Cherchye and Timo Kuosmanen = 139
8. Adjusting human well-being indicators for gender disparity: Insightful empirically? Mark McGillivray and J. Ram Pillarisetti = 169
9. Well-being and the complexity of poverty: A subjective well-being approach, Mariano Rojas = 182
10. International inequality in human development dimensions, Mark McGillivray = 207
11. Assessing well-being using hierarchical needs, Matthew Clarke = 217
12. Assessing poverty and inequality at a detailed regional level: new advances in spatial microsimulation, Ann Harding, Rachel Lloyd, Anthea Bill and Anthony King = 239
Part III : Well-being case studies = 263
13. Longevity in Russia's regions: Do poverty and low public health spending kill? Oleksiy Ivaschenko = 265
14. The medium and long term effects of an expansion of education on poverty in Cote d'Ivoire: A dynamic microsimulation study, Michael Grimm = 298
15. Dynamics of poverty in Ethiopia, Arne Bigsten and Abebe Shimeles = 326
16. Prospects for 'pro-poor' growth in Africa, Arne Bigsten and Abebe Shimeles = 353