Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.026
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Emma Santos, Maria
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作者：
Alkire, Sabina;Emma Santos, Maria
本文介绍了多维贫困指数（MPI），这是一种衡量严重贫困的指标，被理解为一个人在与千年发展目标相关的指标和核心功能方面无法达到最低国际标准的程度。这是100多个发展中国家首次采用直接方法来衡量贫穷。在介绍MPI之后，我们分析了它的范围和鲁棒性，重点关注数据挑战和构建和估计它所涉及的方法问题。一系列稳健性测试表明，MPI提供了一个可靠的框架，可以补充全球收入贫困估计。(C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person's inability to meet minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 developing countries. After presenting the MPI, we analyze its scope and robustness, with a focus on the data challenges and methodological issues involved in constructing and estimating it. A range of robustness tests indicate that the MPI offers a reliable framework that can complement global income poverty estimates. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.