The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Poverty in Djibouti
This note illustrates the multidimensional nature of poverty in Djibouti. The authors use the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which captures several welfare dimensions - monetary poverty, education, and access to basic infrastructure - to com...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/272691596006234817/The-Multi-Dimensional-Nature-of-Poverty-in-Djibouti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34299 |
| Summary: | This note illustrates the
multidimensional nature of poverty in Djibouti. The authors
use the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which captures
several welfare dimensions - monetary poverty, education,
and access to basic infrastructure - to compare the extent
to which different populations in Djibouti are deprived:
rural versus urban, households where the head is educated
versus not, households where the head is employed versus
not, among other characteristics. Overall, about 28 percent
of the population is multidimensionally poor and wide
disparities exist across geographic locations. Moreover,
people living in a household headed by a person who is
educated and employed in the formal private sector are least
likely to be multidimensionally poor. |
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