Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Application Based on Reported Well-Being in Colombia
Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Application Based on Reported Well-Being in Colombia
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确定公理推导的多维贫困指数的参数:基于哥伦比亚报告的福祉的应用
DOI:
10.1057/9780230582354_12
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2008
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Marcos Robles
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作者:
C. Vélez;Marcos Robles
This chapter tries to address a question that is to a certain extent a puzzle: Can we explain the self-reported improvement in well-being of Colombians between 1997 and 2003 by using multidimensional poverty indexes? And it is puzzling because during this period Colombians experienced the worst economic recession of the twentieth century (1998), erasing a decade of progress in poverty reduction and reversing the levels of poverty to 1988 levels. Hence, one should ask what other dimensions of poverty–alternatives to the monetary dimension–are relevant and need to be incorporated into the multidimensional poverty indexes in order explain the self-reported improvement in well-being in Colombia.In fact, some factors that helped to mitigate the impact of the recession are good candidates to be incorporated as alternative dimensions to be included in the MDP indexes. During the reference period, there were persistent improvements in social indicators (education, sanitation, etc.), expansion of social services for the poor, plus a relatively recent change in the trends of some violence-security indicators that had reached their peak in 2000.