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The counting approach to multidimensional poverty. The case of four African countries

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This paper investigates the levels and evolution of poverty in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe using the decomposability properties of poverty measures based on a counting approach. We compare poverty measures such as the Alkire and Foster index with alternative poverty indices that are sensitive to inequality. Poverty is estimated using Demographic and Health Surveys for different years for Malawi (2004, 2010 and 2015), for Mozambique (2003 and 2011), Tanzania (2004, 2010 and 2015) and for Zimbabwe (2005, 2010 and 2015). Our findings show that one obtains insightful information when looking at the breadth and inequality components of multidimensional poverty.

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  • Valérie Berenger, 2019. "The counting approach to multidimensional poverty. The case of four African countries," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 87(2), pages 200-227, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:87:y:2019:i:2:p:200-227
    DOI: 10.1111/saje.12217
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    1. Burhan Can Karahasan & Fırat Bilgel, 2021. "The Topography and Sources of Multidimensional Poverty in Turkey," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 154(2), pages 413-445, April.
    2. Tomson Ogwang, 2022. "The regression approach to the measurement and decomposition of the multidimensional Watts poverty index," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 20(4), pages 951-973, December.

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