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Revisions of the global multidimensional poverty index: indicator options and their empirical assessment

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  • Sabina Alkire
  • Usha Kanagaratnam

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This paper examines how normative reasoning was applied to empirical applications of different indicator options in order to revise the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) indicators in 2018, to better align with the SDGs. Given the emphasis in the SDGs on leaving no one behind, the household surveys used to estimate the global MPI were explored to see which could create individual-level MPIs, however this sharply reduced country coverage by half. Consistent criteria is applied to assess whether 33 potential additional indicators could be added to strengthen the global MPI. A certain set of criteria applied rules out new indicators. Finally, the paper both illustrates and describes the iterative interplay of normative and technical considerations underlying adjustments in three original indicators – child mortality, nutrition, and housing – which involves considering the joint distribution of alternative indicators across twenty trial measures for all countries.

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  • Sabina Alkire & Usha Kanagaratnam, 2021. "Revisions of the global multidimensional poverty index: indicator options and their empirical assessment," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(2), pages 169-183, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:49:y:2021:i:2:p:169-183
    DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2020.1854209
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    1. Fei Wang & Yuan Zhang & Clem Tisdell & Hong Liu, 2021. "Progress in Reducing the Poverty of Ethnic Minority Groups in China," Social Economics, Policy and Development Working Papers 313747, University of Queensland, School of Economics.
    2. Nick Bernards, 2023. "From Multiple Deprivations to Exploitation: Politicizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 54(5), pages 1374-1395, September.
    3. Tang, Kai & Li, Zhenshan & He, Chun, 2023. "Spatial distribution pattern and influencing factors of relative poverty in rural China," Innovation and Green Development, Elsevier, vol. 2(1).
    4. Woojin Jung, 2022. "The Discrepancy Between Two Approaches to Global Poverty: What Does it Reveal?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(3), pages 1313-1344, August.
    5. Alkire, Sabina & Nogales, Ricardo & Quinn, Natalie Naïri & Suppa, Nicolai, 2023. "On track or not? Projecting the global Multidimensional Poverty Index," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).

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