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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 3 - Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment

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  • Sabina Alkire
  • James E. Foster
  • Suman Seth
  • Maria Emma Santos
  • Jose M. Roche
  • Paola Ballon

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This chapter presents a constructive survey of the major existing methods for measuring multidimensional poverty. Many measures were motivated by the basic needs approach, the capability approach, and the social inclusion approach among others. This chapter reviews Dashboards, the composite indices approach, Venn diagrams, the dominance approach, statistical approaches, fuzzy sets, and the axiomatic approach. The first two methods (dashboard and composite indices) are implemented using aggregate data from different sources ignoring the joint distribution of deprivations The other methods reflect the joint distribution and are implemented using data in which information on each dimension is available for each unit of analysis. After outlining each method, we provide a critical evaluation by discussing its advantages and disadvantages.

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  • Sabina Alkire & James E. Foster & Suman Seth & Maria Emma Santos & Jose M. Roche & Paola Ballon, 2015. "Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 3 - Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment," OPHI Working Papers 84, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
    • Handle: RePEc:qeh:ophiwp:ophiwp084
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    1. Ulman Paweł & Ćwiek Małgorzata, 2020. "Housing Poverty in Polish Households and its Diversity," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, vol. 20(1), pages 437-455, June.
    2. Tran, Tuyen Quang & Thi Nguyen, Hoai Thu & Hoang, Quang Ngoc & Van Nguyen, Dinh, 2022. "The influence of contextual and household factors on multidimensional poverty in rural Vietnam: A multilevel regression analysis," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 390-403.
    3. Anh Thu Quang Pham & Pundarik Mukhopadhaya & Ha Vu, 2021. "Estimating poverty and vulnerability to monetary and non-monetary poverty: the case of Vietnam," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 61(6), pages 3125-3177, December.
    4. Geranda Notten & Julie Kaplan, 2022. "An Empirical Validation Method for Narrowing the Range of Poverty Thresholds," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 161(1), pages 251-271, May.
    5. Meimei Wang & Yongchun Yang & Bo Zhang & Mengqin Liu & Qing Liu, 2019. "How Does Targeted Poverty Alleviation Policy Influence Residents’ Perceptions of Rural Living Conditions? A Study of 16 Villages in Gansu Province, Northwest China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-15, December.
    6. Sandher, Jeevun, 2022. "Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places: The Effect of Personal and Place Prosperity On Well-Being," SocArXiv am6gq, Center for Open Science.

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