. 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 … among low and even middle income countries. It helps mitigate income poverty and inequality, and has been shown to have a …

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 …