Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index

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Alkire, Sabina; Santos, Maria Emma
Año de publicación
2013
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This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person’s inability to meet simultaneously minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 developing countries. After presenting the MPI, we analyse its scope and robustness, with a focus on the data challenges and methodological issues involved in constructing and estimating it. A range of robustness tests indicate that the MPI offers a reliable framework that can complement global income poverty estimates.
Fil: Alkire, Sabina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Santos, Maria Emma. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Cientí­fico Tecnológico - CONICET - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur; Argentina
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Poverty Measurement
Multidimensional Poverty
Capability Approach
Mdgs
Basic Needs
Developing Countries
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
title Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
spellingShingle Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
Alkire, Sabina
Poverty Measurement
Multidimensional Poverty
Capability Approach
Mdgs
Basic Needs
Developing Countries
title_short Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
title_full Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
title_fullStr Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
title_sort Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alkire, Sabina
Santos, Maria Emma
author Alkire, Sabina
author_facet Alkire, Sabina
Santos, Maria Emma
author_role author
author2 Santos, Maria Emma
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Poverty Measurement
Multidimensional Poverty
Capability Approach
Mdgs
Basic Needs
Developing Countries
topic Poverty Measurement
Multidimensional Poverty
Capability Approach
Mdgs
Basic Needs
Developing Countries
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person’s inability to meet simultaneously minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 developing countries. After presenting the MPI, we analyse its scope and robustness, with a focus on the data challenges and methodological issues involved in constructing and estimating it. A range of robustness tests indicate that the MPI offers a reliable framework that can complement global income poverty estimates.
Fil: Alkire, Sabina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Santos, Maria Emma. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Cientí­fico Tecnológico - CONICET - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur; Argentina
description This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person’s inability to meet simultaneously minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 developing countries. After presenting the MPI, we analyse its scope and robustness, with a focus on the data challenges and methodological issues involved in constructing and estimating it. A range of robustness tests indicate that the MPI offers a reliable framework that can complement global income poverty estimates.
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Alkire, Sabina; Santos, Maria Emma; Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index; Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative; OPHI Working Papers; 59; 3-2013; 1-48
978-1-907194-44-3
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identifier_str_mv Alkire, Sabina; Santos, Maria Emma; Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index; Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative; OPHI Working Papers; 59; 3-2013; 1-48
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