Social Exclusion : Concepts, Measurement, and a Global Estimate
There are multiple estimates of global monetary and multidimensional poverty, but there are still no estimates of populations at risk of social exclusion worldwide. This paper fills this gap by estimating the share and number of populations at risk...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099935306222234310/IDU095f1e5c6060430499b08d1d05f99fe03c118 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37594 |
| Summary: | There are multiple estimates of
global monetary and multidimensional poverty, but there are
still no estimates of populations at risk of social
exclusion worldwide. This paper fills this gap by estimating
the share and number of populations at risk of exclusion
globally and regionally. It develops a conceptual framework
of social exclusion that builds on Sen’s capability approach
and emphasizes the relative, multidimensional, and dynamic
features of exclusion. The paper also develops a macro
counting measure of population groups that are particularly
vulnerable to exclusion based on identity, circumstances,
and socioeconomic conditions. The empirical strategy surveys
the most reliable sources of vulnerable populations across
countries and develops a protocol to avoid double-counting
of individuals at risk of social exclusion. Overall, between
2.33 billion and 2.43 billion people—roughly 32 percent of
the global population—are estimated to be at risk of being
socially excluded. The South Asia and East Asia and Pacific
regions contain 1.3 billion such people, with India and
China alone home to 840 million of them. Meanwhile, 52
percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is vulnerable to
exclusion, the greatest share of any region. The paper also
discusses several implications of these estimates,
emphasizing that policies targeting the poor might not be
sufficient to tackle social exclusion. |
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