Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground

Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon encompassing deprivations in multiple dimensions clashes with the vociferous disagreement about how best to measure these deprivations. Drawing on the recent literature, this short paper reviews three methodological alternatives to the f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Lugo, Maria Ana
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21430