An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it encompasses three dimensions: decent work, education and access to drinking water and sanitation, which largely overlap with th...

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Main Authors:	Burchi, Francesco, Espinoza-Delgado, Jose, Montenegro, Claudio E., Rippin, Nicole
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2022
Subjects:	POVERTY INEQUALITY WELL-BEING GENDER MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY APPROACH
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36856

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spelling	okr-10986-368562022-01-28T16:16:36Z An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries Burchi, Francesco Espinoza-Delgado, Jose Montenegro, Claudio E. Rippin, Nicole POVERTY INEQUALITY WELL-BEING GENDER MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY APPROACH This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it encompasses three dimensions: decent work, education and access to drinking water and sanitation, which largely overlap with the list of ideal dimensions obtained by expanding the Constitutional Approach, although it does not include direct health measures. Second, it uses a distribution-sensitive measure that can also be decomposed into the three poverty components: incidence, intensity and inequality. Finally, the G-CSPI is an individual-based, rather than household-based index, although restricted to individuals 15–65 years of age. It is thus able to detect intra-household differences in poverty among members within that age-range. To have a full picture of multidimensional poverty at the country level, it should then be complemented by specific poverty measures for children and the elderly. Being centered on individuals and sensitive to inequality, the G-CSPI is coherent with the overarching principle of the 2030 Agenda “leaving no one behind”. Using recent estimates of the G-CSPI for 104 countries, the empirical analysis reveals that the index is highly robust to different specifications, and that, as expected, fragile countries experience the largest levels of poverty. 2022-01-20T22:36:12Z 2022-01-20T22:36:12Z 2021-08-27 Journal Article Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 1945-2829 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36856 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic	POVERTY INEQUALITY WELL-BEING GENDER MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY APPROACH
spellingShingle	POVERTY INEQUALITY WELL-BEING GENDER MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY APPROACH Burchi, Francesco Espinoza-Delgado, Jose Montenegro, Claudio E. Rippin, Nicole An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
description	This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it encompasses three dimensions: decent work, education and access to drinking water and sanitation, which largely overlap with the list of ideal dimensions obtained by expanding the Constitutional Approach, although it does not include direct health measures. Second, it uses a distribution-sensitive measure that can also be decomposed into the three poverty components: incidence, intensity and inequality. Finally, the G-CSPI is an individual-based, rather than household-based index, although restricted to individuals 15–65 years of age. It is thus able to detect intra-household differences in poverty among members within that age-range. To have a full picture of multidimensional poverty at the country level, it should then be complemented by specific poverty measures for children and the elderly. Being centered on individuals and sensitive to inequality, the G-CSPI is coherent with the overarching principle of the 2030 Agenda “leaving no one behind”. Using recent estimates of the G-CSPI for 104 countries, the empirical analysis reveals that the index is highly robust to different specifications, and that, as expected, fragile countries experience the largest levels of poverty.
format	Journal Article
author	Burchi, Francesco Espinoza-Delgado, Jose Montenegro, Claudio E. Rippin, Nicole
author_facet	Burchi, Francesco Espinoza-Delgado, Jose Montenegro, Claudio E. Rippin, Nicole
author_sort	Burchi, Francesco
title	An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
title_short	An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
title_full	An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
title_fullStr	An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
title_full_unstemmed	An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
title_sort	individual-based index of multidimensional poverty for low- and middle-income countries
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36856
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An Individual-Based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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