Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper examines multidimensional poverty among forcibly displaced populations, using a gendered lens. Although past studies have explored poverty in forcibly displaced contexts, and others have looked at the relationship between multidimensiona...

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Main Authors: Admasu, Yeshwas, Alkire, Sabina, Scharlin-Pettee, Sophie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-364742021-11-05T05:10:40Z Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa Admasu, Yeshwas Alkire, Sabina Scharlin-Pettee, Sophie MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INEQUALITY FORCED DISPLACEMENT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS GENDER NORMS This paper examines multidimensional poverty among forcibly displaced populations, using a gendered lens. Although past studies have explored poverty in forcibly displaced contexts, and others have looked at the relationship between multidimensional poverty and gender, none has brought together these three issues—multidimensional poverty, forcibly displaced persons, and gender. A tailored measure of multidimensional poverty is developed and applied for refugees and internally displaced populations in five Sub-Saharan African settings substantially affected by forced displacement—Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The gendered analysis builds on prior analysis of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by examining individual-level deprivations of women and men in forcibly displaced households and host communities, as well as synthesizing intrahousehold dynamics of multidimensional poverty in forcibly displaced communities. The results provide insights into the educational constraints of boys and girls living in forcibly displaced households, the labor market inequalities experienced by men and women in these communities, and their differential access to legal documentation and employment as part and parcel of the forced displacement experience. 2021-11-04T14:30:45Z 2021-11-04T14:30:45Z 2021-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/548251635476246875/Multidimensional-Poverty-Gender-and-Forced-Displacement-A-Multi-Country-Intrahousehold-Analysis-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36474 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9823 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
INEQUALITY
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
GENDER NORMS
spellingShingle MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
INEQUALITY
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
GENDER NORMS
Admasu, Yeshwas
Alkire, Sabina
Scharlin-Pettee, Sophie
Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9823
description This paper examines multidimensional poverty among forcibly displaced populations, using a gendered lens. Although past studies have explored poverty in forcibly displaced contexts, and others have looked at the relationship between multidimensional poverty and gender, none has brought together these three issues—multidimensional poverty, forcibly displaced persons, and gender. A tailored measure of multidimensional poverty is developed and applied for refugees and internally displaced populations in five Sub-Saharan African settings substantially affected by forced displacement—Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The gendered analysis builds on prior analysis of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by examining individual-level deprivations of women and men in forcibly displaced households and host communities, as well as synthesizing intrahousehold dynamics of multidimensional poverty in forcibly displaced communities. The results provide insights into the educational constraints of boys and girls living in forcibly displaced households, the labor market inequalities experienced by men and women in these communities, and their differential access to legal documentation and employment as part and parcel of the forced displacement experience.
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author Admasu, Yeshwas
Alkire, Sabina
Scharlin-Pettee, Sophie
author_facet Admasu, Yeshwas
Alkire, Sabina
Scharlin-Pettee, Sophie
author_sort Admasu, Yeshwas
title Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort multidimensional poverty, gender, and forced displacement : a multi-country, intrahousehold analysis in sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/548251635476246875/Multidimensional-Poverty-Gender-and-Forced-Displacement-A-Multi-Country-Intrahousehold-Analysis-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
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