Gianni Betti is Associate Professor in Statistics and Economics and member of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He has worked for several projects for the World Bank and European Commission, and has been closely involved with the development of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions,Achille Lemmi is Full Professor in Statistics and Economics and Director of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He is Associate Editor of Statistics in Transition and member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Inequality. His life-long research interest has been the study of income distribution, inequality and poverty.

"This collection of 16 essays explores innovative (empirical) research and methods in measuring and mapping poverty, focusing on its effects on social exclusion and other economic phenomena. They employ traditional and multidimensional approaches, but overall focus on 'the construction of time related measures of deprivation at individual and aggregated levels.' The essays are organized into three sections on poverty as a multidimensional phenomena, assessing chronic poverty longitudinally and a concept of 'intertemporal poverty,' and finally estimating poverty in small areas. They are accompanied by tables and other graphical aids. The contributors are mostly economics professors from Europe, with a few from the US and other parts of the world." - Book News"Ultimately, this is an intriguing book on many levels. The breadth of topics covered and the detail of the methods used are without doubt outstanding. I learnt much about how poverty could be measured, and the challenges that face analysts in so doing. Within this volume, some of the leading names in SAE have provided interesting and provoking contributions." - David Manley, University of Bristol

• 1. Introduction Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi 2. Measuring Multidimensional Deprivation with Dichotomized and Ordinal Variables Jacques Silber and Gaston Yalonetzky 3. Poverty and the Dimensionality of Welfare Walter Sosa-Escudero, German Caruso and Marcela Svarc 4. Income, Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Israel Naama Haron 5. Multidimensional and Fuzzy Measures of Poverty and Inequality at the National and Regional Levels in Mozambique Gianni Betti, Francesca Gagliardi and Vincenzo Salvucci 6. On Assessing the Time Dimension of Poverty Vijay Verma and Francesca Gagliardi 7. Intertemporal Material Deprivation Walter Bossert, Lidia Ceriani, Satya R. Chakravarty and Conchita D'Ambrosio 8. Measuring Chronic Poverty James E. Foster and Maria Emma Santos 9. Measuring Intertemporal Poverty: Policy options for the poverty analyst Catherine Porter and Natalie Naïri Quinn 10. Measuring Levels and Trends in Absolute Poverty in the World: Open questions and possible alternatives Stephan Klasen 11. Small Area Methodology in Poverty Mapping: An introductory overview Ray Chambers and Monica Pratesi 12. Small Area Estimation of Poverty Using the ELL / Povmap Method, and Its Alternatives Stephen Haslett 13. Estimation of Poverty Measures in Small Areas I. Molina and J.N.K. Rao 14. The Use of Spatial Information for the Estimation of Poverty Indicators at the Small Area Level Nicola Salvati, Caterina Giusti, Monica Pratesi 15. Outlier Robust Semi-Parametric Small Area Methods for Poverty Estimation Nikos Tzavidis, Stefano Marchetti and Steve Donbavand 16. Poverty and Social Exclusion in 3D: Multidimensional, longitudinal and small area estimation Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi

Gianni Betti is Associate Professor in Statistics and Economics and member of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He has worked for several projects for the World Bank and European Commission, and has been closely involved with the development of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions,Achille Lemmi is Full Professor in Statistics and Economics and Director of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He is Associate Editor of Statistics in Transition and member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Inequality. His life-long research interest has been the study of income distribution, inequality and poverty.

"This collection of 16 essays explores innovative (empirical) research and methods in measuring and mapping poverty, focusing on its effects on social exclusion and other economic phenomena. They employ traditional and multidimensional approaches, but overall focus on 'the construction of time related measures of deprivation at individual and aggregated levels.' The essays are organized into three sections on poverty as a multidimensional phenomena, assessing chronic poverty longitudinally and a concept of 'intertemporal poverty,' and finally estimating poverty in small areas. They are accompanied by tables and other graphical aids. The contributors are mostly economics professors from Europe, with a few from the US and other parts of the world." - Book News"Ultimately, this is an intriguing book on many levels. The breadth of topics covered and the detail of the methods used are without doubt outstanding. I learnt much about how poverty could be measured, and the challenges that face analysts in so doing. Within this volume, some of the leading names in SAE have provided interesting and provoking contributions." - David Manley, University of Bristol

• 1. Introduction Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi 2. Measuring Multidimensional Deprivation with Dichotomized and Ordinal Variables Jacques Silber and Gaston Yalonetzky 3. Poverty and the Dimensionality of Welfare Walter Sosa-Escudero, German Caruso and Marcela Svarc 4. Income, Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Israel Naama Haron 5. Multidimensional and Fuzzy Measures of Poverty and Inequality at the National and Regional Levels in Mozambique Gianni Betti, Francesca Gagliardi and Vincenzo Salvucci 6. On Assessing the Time Dimension of Poverty Vijay Verma and Francesca Gagliardi 7. Intertemporal Material Deprivation Walter Bossert, Lidia Ceriani, Satya R. Chakravarty and Conchita D'Ambrosio 8. Measuring Chronic Poverty James E. Foster and Maria Emma Santos 9. Measuring Intertemporal Poverty: Policy options for the poverty analyst Catherine Porter and Natalie Naïri Quinn 10. Measuring Levels and Trends in Absolute Poverty in the World: Open questions and possible alternatives Stephan Klasen 11. Small Area Methodology in Poverty Mapping: An introductory overview Ray Chambers and Monica Pratesi 12. Small Area Estimation of Poverty Using the ELL / Povmap Method, and Its Alternatives Stephen Haslett 13. Estimation of Poverty Measures in Small Areas I. Molina and J.N.K. Rao 14. The Use of Spatial Information for the Estimation of Poverty Indicators at the Small Area Level Nicola Salvati, Caterina Giusti, Monica Pratesi 15. Outlier Robust Semi-Parametric Small Area Methods for Poverty Estimation Nikos Tzavidis, Stefano Marchetti and Steve Donbavand 16. Poverty and Social Exclusion in 3D: Multidimensional, longitudinal and small area estimation Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi

Gianni Betti is Associate Professor in Statistics and Economics and member of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He has worked for several projects for the World Bank and European Commission, and has been closely involved with the development of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions,Achille Lemmi is Full Professor in Statistics and Economics and Director of the Research Centre for Income Distribution at the University of Siena, Italy. He is Associate Editor of Statistics in Transition and member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Inequality. His life-long research interest has been the study of income distribution, inequality and poverty.

"This collection of 16 essays explores innovative (empirical) research and methods in measuring and mapping poverty, focusing on its effects on social exclusion and other economic phenomena. They employ traditional and multidimensional approaches, but overall focus on 'the construction of time related measures of deprivation at individual and aggregated levels.' The essays are organized into three sections on poverty as a multidimensional phenomena, assessing chronic poverty longitudinally and a concept of 'intertemporal poverty,' and finally estimating poverty in small areas. They are accompanied by tables and other graphical aids. The contributors are mostly economics professors from Europe, with a few from the US and other parts of the world." - Book News"Ultimately, this is an intriguing book on many levels. The breadth of topics covered and the detail of the methods used are without doubt outstanding. I learnt much about how poverty could be measured, and the challenges that face analysts in so doing. Within this volume, some of the leading names in SAE have provided interesting and provoking contributions." - David Manley, University of Bristol

• 1. Introduction Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi 2. Measuring Multidimensional Deprivation with Dichotomized and Ordinal Variables Jacques Silber and Gaston Yalonetzky 3. Poverty and the Dimensionality of Welfare Walter Sosa-Escudero, German Caruso and Marcela Svarc 4. Income, Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Israel Naama Haron 5. Multidimensional and Fuzzy Measures of Poverty and Inequality at the National and Regional Levels in Mozambique Gianni Betti, Francesca Gagliardi and Vincenzo Salvucci 6. On Assessing the Time Dimension of Poverty Vijay Verma and Francesca Gagliardi 7. Intertemporal Material Deprivation Walter Bossert, Lidia Ceriani, Satya R. Chakravarty and Conchita D'Ambrosio 8. Measuring Chronic Poverty James E. Foster and Maria Emma Santos 9. Measuring Intertemporal Poverty: Policy options for the poverty analyst Catherine Porter and Natalie Naïri Quinn 10. Measuring Levels and Trends in Absolute Poverty in the World: Open questions and possible alternatives Stephan Klasen 11. Small Area Methodology in Poverty Mapping: An introductory overview Ray Chambers and Monica Pratesi 12. Small Area Estimation of Poverty Using the ELL / Povmap Method, and Its Alternatives Stephen Haslett 13. Estimation of Poverty Measures in Small Areas I. Molina and J.N.K. Rao 14. The Use of Spatial Information for the Estimation of Poverty Indicators at the Small Area Level Nicola Salvati, Caterina Giusti, Monica Pratesi 15. Outlier Robust Semi-Parametric Small Area Methods for Poverty Estimation Nikos Tzavidis, Stefano Marchetti and Steve Donbavand 16. Poverty and Social Exclusion in 3D: Multidimensional, longitudinal and small area estimation Gianni Betti and Achille Lemmi