In the widely used class of multidimensional poverty measures introduced by Alkire and Foster (2011), dimension … poverty decomposition based only on the unique properties of each identification function; and metrics of dimensional power … close replica of the international MPI (multidimensional poverty index). …

measurement of multidimensional poverty in the Philippines should depend on a careful investigation on whether there is much value … in the resulting MPI approaches, and some policy issues attendant to the measurement of multidimensional poverty …, especially on its relationship with traditional income poverty measurement. …

This paper explores the feasibility of calculating absolute poverty lines on the basis of minimum food expenditures in … the developing world deliver either inadequate poverty estimates in rich countries characterised by a relatively low food … application of the new method using household budget survey data from Italy shows that resulting poverty estimates are in line …