On the Factorial Approach to Index Number Problems, Consumption Analysis and Orthogonal Decomposition of National Income: A Review

1988 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
K. S. Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
National Income ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Index Number ◽  
Factorial Approach

On the multilateral index number system based on the factorial approach

1988 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
K. S. Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Number System ◽  
Index Number ◽  
Factorial Approach

scholarly journals Measuring Difference? The United Nations’ Shift from Progress to Poverty

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-560
Author(s):  
Maria Bach ◽  
Mary S. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
National Income ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Index Number ◽  
United Nations Development Program ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
National Income Accounting ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Income Accounting

This article examines how the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) redefined their idea of development over the two decades from 1990, no longer presenting it as only a matter of economic progress but instead focusing more on the problem of poverty and its reduction. This change of definition was closely associated with changes in the preferred measurement of development, from average income (based on national income accounting) to the proportion of the population holding certain characteristics of what it meant to live in poverty (instantiated in various index number formulations). Measurements of development thus became direct measures of socioeconomic difference, not just between nations, but also within nations. This change was designed to create numbers that would be effective in capturing and communicating those differences in ways usable for both policy and public purposes. Those numbers thus provided a resource for fighting poverty reduction—though the UNDP had few powers to hold governments to account.

A multilateral index number system based on the factorial approach

1986 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 297-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Prasada Rao ◽  
K. S. Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Number System ◽  
Index Number ◽  
Factorial Approach

EURRECA’s Approach for Estimating Micronutrient Requirements

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Matthys ◽  
Pieter van ‘t Veer ◽  
Lisette de Groot ◽  
Lee Hooper ◽  
Adriënne E.J.M. Cavelaars ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
The Body ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Nutrient Requirements ◽  
Factorial Approach ◽  
Dietary Reference Values ◽  
Health Policy Decision ◽  
Quantitative Integration

In Europe, micronutrient dietary reference values have been established by (inter)national committees of experts and are used by public health policy decision-makers to monitor and assess the adequacy of diets within population groups. The approaches used to derive dietary reference values (including average requirements) vary considerably across countries, and so far no evidence-based reason has been identified for this variation. Nutrient requirements are traditionally based on the minimum amount of a nutrient needed by an individual to avoid deficiency, and is defined by the body’s physiological needs. Alternatively the requirement can be defined as the intake at which health is optimal, including the prevention of chronic diet-related diseases. Both approaches are confronted with many challenges (e. g., bioavailability, inter and intra-individual variability). EURRECA has derived a transparent approach for the quantitative integration of evidence on Intake-Status-Health associations and/or Factorial approach (including bioavailability) estimates. To facilitate the derivation of dietary reference values, EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned (EURRECA) is developing a process flow chart to guide nutrient requirement-setting bodies through the process of setting dietary reference values, which aims to facilitate the scientific alignment of deriving these values.

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