poverty over time, but this was mainly due to the adoption of a relative measure of poverty and to comparability issues … between the surveys. The task of assessing the trends in poverty and inequality was also made more difficult because the unit … necessary to estimate poverty and inequality using group data. In this paper, we use the Poverty module of SimSIP in order to …

poverty both at the national and subnational level. Based on the Alkire-Foster method and focusing on four dimensions of well …-being –education, health, income and living standard– this study estimates the level and depth of multidimensional poverty for Chile in … 2011. At national level, the results show that fewer individuals are subject to multidimensional poverty compared to the …

Poverty is to a large extent a reality for populations of all the Chadian regions. Its measurement can be taken by many … Sen’s capabilities concept by adapting the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of Alkire and Santos (2010). It considers … dimension contribute nearly to the half in poverty in Chad. In the northern regions, on the contrary to southern regions and N …

Poverty is a complex concept which multidimensional aspect is not often taken into account in the analysis and the … poverty in Benin. The results show that the multidimensional poverty index for Benin is 53.90% with differences at the level … analysis (health, education, etc). In addition, the characterization of the households relative to the degree of poverty shows …

This paper applies Alkire & Foster (2007) approach for measuring the multidimensional poverty. The data set used in the …, expenditure, sanitation, housing and education are respectively the major contributors among overall multidimensional poverty. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and armed conflict in Antioquia, Colombia. The poverty analysis is … framed within Sen’s capability approach, which forms the conceptual basis of the multidimensional poverty index (Alkire and … municipality. The possible existence of a relationship between poverty and armed conflict is analyzed through exploratory and non …

This paper has estimated multidimensional poverty for four provinces of Pakistan using PSLM dataset for years 2005 … followed by Sindh, NWFP and then Punjab. Result shows that the most pervasive level of poverty exists in rural areas of … different provinces. The analysis of contribution of each dimension in multidimensional poverty at different cutoffs showed that …

assess the impact of human capital in poverty alleviation. A cross-sectional data of 34 districts of Punjab province was used … services are found to have poverty lessening impact in the economy. The results are statistically robust as adjudged by the R … earnings of the workers. Furthermore, improved human capital can play its role in reducing multidimensional poverty and its …

After an impressive 12 point reduction in Peruvian monetary poverty, questions have been raised about the extent in … of monetary poverty and the overall level of deprivation based on the multidimensional measure. We select six dimensions …