Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground

Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground

Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing deprivations along multiple dimensions, clashes with often vociferous disagreement about how best to measure these deprivations. Drawing on the recent literature, this sho...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Lugo, Maria Ana
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ASSETS
CARIBBEAN REGION
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMICS
EQUILIBRIUM PRICES
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL CRISES
FODDER
FUNCTIONAL FORM
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GINI COEFFICIENT
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME POVERTY
INEQUALITY
LIVING STANDARDS
MARGINAL ANALYSIS
MEAT
NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS
NUTRITION
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POOR HEALTH
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY INDICES
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POWERLESSNESS
RELATIVE POSITION
RELATIVE PRICES
RURAL
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WEALTH
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120208131700
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3249
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Summary:Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing deprivations along multiple dimensions, clashes with often vociferous disagreement about how best to measure these deprivations. Drawing on the recent literature, this short note proposes three methodological alternatives to the false dichotomy between scalar indices of multidimensional poverty, on the one hand, and a "dashboard" approach that looks only at marginal distributions, on the other. These alternatives include simple Venn diagrams of the overlap of deprivations across dimensions, multivariate stochastic dominance analysis, and the analysis of copula functions, which capture the extent of interdependency across dimensions. Examples from the literature on both developing and developed countries are provided.

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