Ophi Research in Progress Series 2010 Multidimensional Poverty and Its Discontents

OPHI WORKING PAPER NO. 10 Multidimensional Poverty Measures from an Information Theory Perspective

Copyright © Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2009 1 Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK; e-mail: [email protected]: 2 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. This study has been prepared within the OPHI theme on multidimensional poverty. OPHI gratefully acknowledges support for its research and a...

Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006 : Where and How ?

India has witnessed high economic growth since the 1980s, and a reduction in the share of income poor, though the measured extent of this reduction varies, has been confirmed by different methods. Poverty, however, has multiple dimensions, hence this paper explores the improvement in other social deprivations. An analysis of poverty from a multidimensional perspective shows the prevalence of mu...

Multidimensional Poverty in Sudan and South Sudan

This paper assesses multidimensional poverty in Sudan and South Sudan. We use the National Baseline Household Surveys (NBHS) of 2009 to measure poverty incidence in education, consumption, access to public assets and possession of private assets across these two countries. We differentiate between children/teenagers aged six to fourteen years and adults aged fifteen years or older. We apply a c...

Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: Insights from Around the World OPHI OXFORD POVERTY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OXFORD DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Did Poverty Reduction Reach the Poorest of the Poor? Assessment Methods in the Counting Approach

A number of multidimensional poverty measures have recently been proposed, within counting approach framework, respecting the ordinal nature of dimensions. Besides ensuring a reduction in poverty, however, it is important to monitor distributional changes to ensure that poverty reduction has been inclusive in reaching the poorest. Distributional issues are typically captured by adjusting a pove...