identified households as living below the poverty line (BPL) and hence eligible for certain benefits. Such identification … indicators to match state poverty caps. Finally, we show how state-level BPL poverty caps vary if they reflect multiple … deprivations in variables – such as malnutrition and housing – through a multidimensional poverty index, rather than reflecting …

This paper focuses on the methodology by which India's 2002 Below the Poverty Line (BPL) census data identify the poor … to poor families that would be identified using the same variables with the Alkire Foster multidimensional poverty … criticisms regarding BPL data. We compare these results with income poverty and with pseudo-BPL status for sample respondents and …

distribution of multidimensional poverty differs from the global distribution of income poverty and assesses the sensitivity of … for low and middle-income countries is discussed. The paper argues that there is a split of distribution poverty between … billion" living in stable MICs. The analysis is based on 83 countries, and uses the 2011 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI …

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 … multidimensional poverty in India between 1999 and 2006 using National Family and Health Surveys. We find a strong reduction in …

More data on non-income dimensions of poverty are available than at any previous time in history. Alongside this … new possibilities to measure multidimensional poverty at the local, national and international level. Yet the fact that … when, how and why certain multidimensional poverty measures add value, sketches the limits of the contribution, and …

targeting methodology in India. In 1992, 1997, and 2002 the Indian government identified households that are Below the Poverty … multidimensional poverty measure. This paper compares the fit between a benchmark measure of multidimensional poverty and several …

This working paper presents the normative, empirical, and policy motivations for focusing on multidimensional poverty … effective measures that better reflect poor people's experience, so that policies using such measures reduce poverty. Such …-Foster methodology we present in Working Paper 86 (“Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 5 – The Alkire …