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Do official multidimensional poverty measures in Latin America reflect the priorities of people living in poverty?

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  • Jhonatan Clausen

    (Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú PUCP; Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de América Latina PUCP)

  • Silvana Vargas

    (Department of Social Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú PUCP; Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de América Latina PUCP)

  • Nicolás Barrantes

    (Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de América Latina PUCP)

Abstract

This article analyses the design process of official multidimensional poverty measures in Colombia, Chile, El Salvador and Mexico, and discusses the extent to which such processes have been able to reflect the priorities of people living in poverty. We argue that although these countries have faced limitations in conducting a «pure participatory-driven» strategy, they have advanced towards measuring poverty in a way that better reflects what disadvantaged people consider to be an impoverished life. We propose guidelines to continue improving the design of official multidimensional poverty measures and make them more open to information on what people value and more sensitive to public reasoning.

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  • Jhonatan Clausen & Silvana Vargas & Nicolás Barrantes, 2018. "Do official multidimensional poverty measures in Latin America reflect the priorities of people living in poverty?," Ensayos de Política Económica, Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina., vol. 2(6), pages 15-34, Octubre.
    • Handle: RePEc:atw:epecon:v:2:y:2018:i:6:p:15-34
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    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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