Measuring acute poverty in the developing world: robustness and scope of the multidimensional poverty index

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...

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Main Authors: Alkire, S, Santos, M
Format: Journal article
Udgivet: Elsevier 2014