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 …

Nowadays, the concept of multidimensional poverty, inequality, deprivation, and well-being is not uncommon. While … theoretical progress such as capability theory has provided rigorous framework for multidimensional analysis, empirical methods … and tools such as UNDP's MPI (multidimensional poverty index) are rapidly growing. Apart from income, various attributes …

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 …

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 …