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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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
Subjects:	consumption conflict drinking water household budget Human Development Index income poverty poverty analysis poor health nutrition inequality
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21430

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spelling	okr-10986-214302021-04-23T14:04:02Z Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Lugo, Maria Ana consumption conflict drinking water household budget Human Development Index income poverty poverty analysis poor health nutrition inequality 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 false dichotomy between scalar indices of multidimensional poverty, on the one hand, and a “dashboard” approach that considers only marginal distributions, on the other. These alternatives include simple Venn diagrams of the overlap of deprivations across dimensions, multivariate stochastic dominance analysis, and the analysis of copula functions, which capture the extent of interdependency across dimensions. Examples are provided from the literature on both developing and developed countries. 2015-02-11T22:28:31Z 2015-02-11T22:28:31Z 2013-08-01 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21430 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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spellingShingle	consumption conflict drinking water household budget Human Development Index income poverty poverty analysis poor health nutrition inequality Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Lugo, Maria Ana Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
description	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 false dichotomy between scalar indices of multidimensional poverty, on the one hand, and a “dashboard” approach that considers only marginal distributions, on the other. These alternatives include simple Venn diagrams of the overlap of deprivations across dimensions, multivariate stochastic dominance analysis, and the analysis of copula functions, which capture the extent of interdependency across dimensions. Examples are provided from the literature on both developing and developed countries.
format	Journal Article
author	Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Lugo, Maria Ana
author_facet	Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Lugo, Maria Ana
author_sort	Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
title	Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
title_short	Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
title_full	Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
title_fullStr	Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
title_full_unstemmed	Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground
title_sort	multidimensional poverty analysis : looking for a middle ground
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2015
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Multidimensional Poverty Analysis : Looking for a Middle Ground

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