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 …

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 …