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 …

The study of poverty and its quantification is a critical yet unresolved problem in social science. This work seeks to … use a new composite indicator to assess poverty as a multidimensional concept. However, subjective decisions, such as …-based composite indicator. Our method generates robust and trustworthy measurements based on a meaningful conceptual model of poverty …