multidimensional poverty dynamics in 84 natural regions of India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health … economic dimension alone accounts for about one-third of multidimensional poverty in most of the regions of India. Based on … these analyses, the authors suggest target based interventions in the poor regions to reduce poverty and inequality, and …

This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the … Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education … poverty at the sub-national level. Results indicate that 43% of India's population are multidimensional poor with large …

This paper focuses on the methodology by which India's 2002 Below the Poverty Line (BPL) census data identify the poor … to poor families that would be identified using the same variables with the Alkire Foster multidimensional poverty … criticisms regarding BPL data. We compare these results with income poverty and with pseudo-BPL status for sample respondents and …