This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with … respect to the politically most important dimensions of poverty mentioned in the German federal government's report on poverty … and wealth. Additionally, a modification of the identification step of the Alkire-Foster index is proposed to guarantee …

. This paper uses the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) to derive the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and … Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (CSPI) for South Africa, and then estimate the impact that social assistance grants have on … both of these composite indices of poverty measurement. The results show that increases in the income from a cash grant …