This paper aims at measuring and analyzing the non-monetary aspect of multidimensional poverty by the basic needs … Multidimensional Correspondence Analysis (MCA) techniques to construct a Composite Poverty Indicator (CPI). Moreover, we use the most … recent data from the country survey QUIBB 2006. The results of the incidence of multidimensional poverty by two approaches …

estimate income and inequality (semi-)elasticities of poverty for the 2$ a day and 1.25$ a day poverty lines. The models fit …The pace of poverty reduction through growth vs. redistribution is at the heart of current debates on equitable … development. In this paper, we argue that empirical poverty decompositions should build in the inherent boundedness of the poverty …

1. Poverty and Deprivation in America -- 2. A Survey of Related Literature -- 3. Measuring Multidimensional Poverty … -- 4. A Profile of the Multidimensionally Poor in America -- 5. Variation in Multidimensional Poverty across Demographic … Cohorts -- 6. Variation in Multidimensional Poverty across Geographic Locales -- 7. Identifying the Determinants of …

The paper discusses the main issues related to negative and zero incomes that are relevant for the measurement of … poverty. It shows the prevalence of non-positive incomes in high- and middle-income countries, provides an analysis of the … non-positive incomes, and explains how non-positive incomes and alternative correction methods impact the measurement of …