We broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using … estimates produce qualitatively very similar results. We conclude that the principal conclusions of the poverty assessments are …

the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different … research approaches do not merely see the same poverty from different angles; rather, they tend to conceptualize poverty … character of poverty; its generative mechanisms; and epistemological priorities. The quantitative analysis provides an …

In the widely used class of multidimensional poverty measures introduced by Alkire and Foster (2011), dimension … poverty decomposition based only on the unique properties of each identification function; and metrics of dimensional power … close replica of the international MPI (multidimensional poverty index). …

counting-type multidimensional poverty measures, I draw on the properties of positive Boolean threshold functions to prove that … the space of feasible poverty definitions is finite and can be partitioned into at most (D2 +D)/2 parts, where D is the … bounding approach, which weights each dimension equally; and (ii) stochastic search, where coverage of the space of poverty …

. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household …

impacts on growth through key intermediate outcomes. A coherent picture emerges: aid stimulates growth and reduces poverty …

of GDP growth. However, absolute poverty remains persistent, spilling over into social unrest. To better understand the …