This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

Previous poverty assessments for Burkina Faso were biased due to the neglect of some important methodological issues …. This led to the so-called ‘Burkinabè Growth-Poverty-Paradox’, i.e. relatively sustained macro-economic growth, but almost … constant poverty. We estimate that poverty significantly decreased between 1994 and 2003 at least on the national level, i …

poverty measures. We focus on the United Nations Development Program approach to those issues, in particular regarding the … human development index and the multidimensional poverty index. …

This paper is devoted to the discussion of the measurement of human development and poverty, especially in United … indices over the last two decades, focusing on the well-known Human Development Index (HDI) and the poverty indices. We then …

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

In Uruguay the tax structure and social spending reduce inequality and poverty for the whole society (Bucheli et al … question of our paper is whether the reduction of inequality and poverty benefit a racial group over the others or affectracial … ethnic groups equally. The three racial groups are equally likely to be taken off extreme poverty by the direct transfer …

concise overview of the report in the eight areas it covers: poverty, education, employment and inequality, energy, the …

In this article, we propose to calculate the size of the population living in poverty, measured through uni- and … multidimensional poverty indices, and the Gini coefficient using extended full (time plus money and informal earnings) incomes, from …-free estimate of the size of the population living in poverty and the Gini ratio overall. To show the effect informal activities …

Developing countries attach enormous importance to physical infrastructure for poverty reduction. We contend that this … between infrastructure and poverty in India in a regional framework. Infrastructural availability improves average living … standards and lowers the incidence of poverty but the relation between infrastructural situation and inequality indicates higher …