Survey data. Using both the standard Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty index and the first-order dominance (FOD) method …Mozambique experienced important reduction in the poverty rate until recently, before two major natural disasters hit … national household expenditure survey is from 2014/15, just before these crises unfolded, there is need for a poverty …

measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes … significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts … from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute …

important facet whose measurement should be done well. Measurement is complex due to a multitude of methodological choices …

"This book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first-order dominance approach …

gains in some indicators, multidimensional child poverty in Mozambique still substantially exceeds that in neighbouring … and poverty reduction experienced by the population as a whole translate into better living conditions for children. …