dimension. Analysis of the results demonstrates that multidimensional poverty in Colombia decreased between 1997 and 2010 …This paper presents the Colombian Multidimensional Poverty Index (CMPI), an initiative of the National Planning … Department based on the methodology of Alkire and Foster (2010). The proposed index for Colombia is composed of five dimensions …

In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses … measure the contributions of different migration streams to overall poverty change. An application to Tanzania shows the new … insights that are provided - in particular on the role of migration to secondary towns in poverty reduction. …