Applying the Consensual Method of Estimating Poverty in a Low Income African Setting.
Applying the Consensual Method of Estimating Poverty in a Low Income African Setting.
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DOI：
10.1007/s11205-014-0819-z
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Pomati M
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作者：
Nandy S;Pomati M
我们提出了贝宁多维贫困的第一项研究，使用共识或社会感知的必需品方法。关于什么是生活必需品和适当的生活水平，人们达成了显著的共识。根据Townsend的相对剥夺概念，我们展示了社会共识如何为多重剥夺指数提供可靠和有效的基础，该指数可用于反映多维贫困。我们讨论了适应性偏好的问题，它以前被用来批评共识方法，并提供证据来反驳穷人向下调整他们的愿望的说法。
We present the first study of multidimensional poverty in Benin using the consensual or socially perceived necessities approach. There is a remarkable level consensus about what constitutes the necessities of life and an adequate standard of living. Following Townsend’s concept of relative deprivation, we show how social consensus provides the basis for a reliable and valid index of multiple deprivation, which can be used to reflect multidimensional poverty. We discuss the issue of adaptive preferences, which has previously been used to criticise the consensual approach, and provide evidence to contest the claim that the poor adjust their aspirations downwards.