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Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index

Alkire, Sabina, Santos, Maria Emma·2014·World Development
DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.026
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This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person’s inability to meet simultaneously minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 developing countries. After presenting the MPI, we analyse its scope and robustness, with a focus on the data challenges and methodological issues involved in constructing and estimating it. A range of robustness tests indicate that the MPI offers a reliable framework that can complement global income poverty estimates.

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Metadata

Authors
Alkire, S., & Santos, M. E.
Venue
World Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-07
Volume
59
Pages
251-274
ISSN
0305-750X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.026
OpenAlex
W3123267936
Cited by
916
References
67
FWCI
144.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Funders
  • Advanced Research Computing (ARC)
  • Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Program
  • International Development Research Council in Canada
  • UK Department for International Development

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