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The Research Agenda on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Important and As-yet Unanswered Questions

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The application of multidimensional poverty measures is proliferating, in part due to the emphasis in Goal 1 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions. This paper first traces the emergence of a priority for non-monetary poverty measures in key texts that consid­ered then set out the SDGs. It then outlines some vital and feasible research questions on a sub-set of fascinating empirical topics on counting-based multidimensional measures. The topics covered here relate to the SDGs' focus on measuring the multidimensional poverty of men, women, and children. Building on the existing literature, fascinating questions remain in terms of measurement design (the selection of dimensions, indicators, cutoffs, and weights), the analysis of multidimensional poverty measures, their application to child poverty and their implementation using gendered data. In each of these areas, it is expected that significant breakthroughs are possible.

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  • Sabina Alkire, 2018. "The Research Agenda on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Important and As-yet Unanswered Questions," OPHI Working Papers 119, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
    • Handle: RePEc:qeh:ophiwp:ophiwp119
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    1. Monica Pinilla-Roncancio & Amy E. Ritterbusch & Sharon Sanchez-Franco & Catalina González-Uribe & Sandra García-Jaramillo, 2021. "Conceptual Debates on Poverty Measurement: The Use of Qualitative Expert Consultation to Guide Methodological Decision-making in Designing a Multidimensional Child-Poverty Measure," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(6), pages 2449-2469, December.
    2. Jhonatan Clausen & Nicolas Barrantes, 2022. "Developing a Comprehensive Multidimensional Wellbeing Index Based on What People Value: An Application to a Middle-Income Country," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 17(6), pages 3253-3283, December.
    3. Sabina Alkire and Selim Jahan, 2018. "The New Global MPI 2018: Aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals," OPHI Working Papers ophiwp121.pdf, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
    4. Sabina Alkire, 2018. "Multidimensional Poverty Measures as Relevant Policy Tools," OPHI Working Papers ophiwp118.pdf, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
    5. Remi Laporte & Philippe Babe & Elisabeth Jouve & Alexandre Daguzan & Franck Mazoue & Philippe Minodier & Guilhem Noel & Diego Urbina & Stephanie Gentile, 2022. "Developing and Validating an Individual-Level Deprivation Index for Children’s Health in France," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-15, December.
    6. Yangyang Shen & Sabina Alkire, 2022. "Exploring China's Potential Child Poverty," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 30(1), pages 82-105, January.
    7. Corbelle Cacabelos, Fernando & Troitiño Cobas, Ángela, 2021. "Pobreza multidimensional en España. Una aplicación de la metodología de Alkire y Foster. 2008 - 2015 || Multidimensional poverty in Spain. An application of the Alkire and Foster methodology. 2008 - 2," Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa = Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, vol. 31(1), pages 55-103, June.
    8. Admasu,Yeshwas & Alkire,Sabina & Scharlin-Pettee,Sophie, 2021. "Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement : A Multi-Country, IntrahouseholdAnalysis in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9823, The World Bank.

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