Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis : chapter 2 - the framework

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This working paper introduces the notation and basic concepts that are used throughout the OPHI Working Papers 82-91. The Paper has five sections. First we review unidimensional poverty measurement with particular attention to the well-known Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measures of income poverty as many methods presented in OPHI Working Paper 84 (Chapter 3 – Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment) as well as the measure presented in OPHI Working Paper...

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Authors: Alkire, S; Foster, J; Seth, S; Santos, M; Roche, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Series: OPHI working paper
• Publication date: 2015-01-01
• Acceptance date: 2015-01-01
• ISSN: 2040-8188
• Paper number: 83
• Language: English
• Keywords: aggregation; Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measures; identification; scales of measurement; ophi; axiomatic methods; joint distribution; ordinal data properties of poverty measurement