There is no international consensus on what poverty is and how it should be measured. The most commonly used poverty … indicator, income level, is limited as it ignores the multidimensional character of poverty. Because the choice of an indicator …, the choice of a poverty indicator is important. It sets priorities for policies and programs and determines outcomes of …

This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition … that measurement issues related to the way undernourishment and childhood undernutrition is measured might play a … measures of deprivation, the measures generate some inter-regional paradoxes. Income poverty and child mortality is highest in …