One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 … million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes … three indicators to calculate it: people at risk-of-poverty after social transfers (persons are at risk of poverty if their …

of poverty in its measurement and classification of individuals and households as poor/nonpoor. Research on the use of a …This volume is a collection of selected studies on poverty and well-being in East Africa. Eleven authors agreed to have … their papers included in this volume. The studies can be grouped into four domains: child poverty and malnutrition, dynamics …

This study investigates child multidimensional poverty in Cameroon. It finds out its determinants and its relationship … with household multidimensional poverty by considering children aged less than five years. The study uses from the Third … Multiple Indicators Clusters Survey. Five dimensions are taken into consideration in child multidimensional poverty: nutrition …

This study did an in-depth analysis of multidimensional poverty in rural and small towns in Ethiopia. As social well …-being or poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, using a multidimensional measure of poverty helps circumvent problems … surrounding the conventional measures of poverty and helps show clearly the realities of households. In this line, our analysis …