Poverty and Inequality of Living Standards in Cameroon : A Micro-Multidimensional Approach (Pauvreté Et Inégalités Des Conditions De Vie Au Cameroun: Une Approche Micro Multidimensionnelle)

This study draws up a multidimensional non monetary poverty profile in Cameroon and tests its consistence with the monetary poverty profile available for the year 2001. We construct a multidimensional (non monetary) poverty indicator which accounts for the diversity of households' living standards in Cameroon. It shows that multidimensional non monetary poverty in Cameroon is imperfectly correlated to monetary poverty, and tends to better accounting for subjective poverty. This study calls for mixed strategies in order to alleviate poverty in Cameroon