the Alkire and Foster (2008) dual cutoff multidimensional poverty methodology is proposed. This extension provides a … relative approach to multidimensional deprivation that ranks individuals according to an aggregate of their relative position … deprivation in multiple dimensions may lead to more dynamically consistent measures of well-being and thus more dynamically …

rural development (agricultural growth, patterns of growth and rural poverty) for ten Latin American countries over 1985 … reduce rural poverty. …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

This paper is part of a large project on quality of life and deprivation in LAC commissioned by the IDB's Research … over 130 countries, 23 of them from LAC. This paper aims to provide evidence on the multiple dimensions of deprivation in … of income, multidimensional non-monetary, and subjective deprivation for all countries in the region based on Gallup data …

This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …

patterns of indigenous poverty over time. In addition, the first section examines some of the historical determinants that can … explain the disproportionate poverty confronting Latin America's indigenous peoples today and provides an overview of diverse … with measures to combat indigenous poverty through the policies and programs of governments and international actors …

approximately 40 million indigenous people of the hemisphere. In addition to the critical issues of poverty reduction, self … Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …

information which will assist the planning of poverty alleviation programs in a number of countries in Latin America. The specific … aim of this report is to identify the conditions of poverty experienced by indigenous peoples in Nicaragua, to outline as … far as possible the structural causes of this poverty, and to recommend measures which might be taken to alleviate it. …

This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is …