An Axiomatic Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement via Fuzzy Sets

2006 ◽  
pp. 49-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satya R. Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Axiomatic Approach ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

scholarly journals Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Pakistan :Time Series Trends and Breakdown

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (4II) ◽  
pp. 493-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taseer Salahuddin ◽  
Asad Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Rational Agents ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Right

In the recent literature, consensus has emerged that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon; see Alkire and Santos (2010) for a review of the major arguments. Nonetheless, the most widely used measures of poverty remain unidimensional, being based on income or caloric intake cutoffs. The logic for the use of income based measures was that it was only lack of income which led to deprivation—with sufficient income; rational agents would automatically eliminate deprivations in all dimensions in the right sequence of priorities. However, careful studies like Thorbecke (2005) and Banerjee and Duflo (2006) show that this does not happen. Even while malnourished and underfed, the poor spend significant portions of their budgets on festivals, weddings, alcohol, tobacco and other non-essential items. The move from abstract theoretical speculation based on mathematical models of human behaviour to experiments and observations of actual behaviour has led to dramatic changes in the understanding of poverty and how to alleviate it. Some of these insights are encapsulated in a new approach to poverty advocated by Banerjee and Duflo (2011).

scholarly journals Village-level multidimensional poverty measurement in China: Where and how

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1444-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Wang ◽  
Yefeng Chen ◽  
Yao Chi ◽  
Wenji Zhao ◽  
Zhuowei Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement ◽  
Village Level

scholarly journals Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 2 - The Framework

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Alkire ◽  
James E. Foster ◽  
Suman Seth ◽  
Maria Emma Santos ◽  
Jose M. Roche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement ◽  
Measurement And Analysis

Multidimensional Poverty

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

A rich literature on multidimensional poverty measurement has recently sprung up. In this multidimensional setting, an individual is identified as poor or deprived if he or she falls short of these poverty-line-like cut-offs along various dimensions. A key assumption is that these shortfalls are non-comparable—a shortfall in one dimension cannot be compensated by a gain in another. This chapter reviews some of these axiomatic treatments and questions some assumptions. It points out that there are other ways in which one can identify impoverished individuals even within the multidimensional framework.

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