Working paper
Acute multidimensional poverty : a new index for developing countries
- Abstract:
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This paper presents a new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for 104 developing countries. It is the first time multidimensional poverty is estimated using micro datasets (household surveys) for such a large number of countries which cover about 78 percent of the world's population. The MPI has the mathematical structure of one of the Alkire and Foster poverty multidimensional measures and it is composed of ten indicators corresponding to same three dimensions as the Human Development Index: Education, Health and Standard of Living. The MPI captures a set of direct deprivations that batter a person at the same time. This tool could be used to target the poorest, track the Millennium Development Goals, and design policies that directly address the interlocking deprivations poor people experience. This paper presents the methodology and components in the MPI, describes main results, and shares basic robustness tests.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
- Series:
- Ophi working paper
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
- ISSN:
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2040-8188
- Paper number:
- 38
- ISBN:
- 9781907194221
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1493
- Deposit date:
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2012-08-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Notes:
- Copyright © Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2010. This publication is copyright, however it may be reproduced without fee for teaching or non-profit purposes, but not for resale. Formal permission is required for all such uses, and will normally be granted immediately. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from OPHI and may be subject to a fee.
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