Measuring multidimensional poverty in India : a new proposal

<p>This paper focuses on the methodology by which India’s 2002 Below the Poverty Line (BPL) census data identify the poor and construct a BPL headcount. Using the BPL 2002 methodology and NFHS (National Family Health Survey) data, it identifies which rural families would have been considered B...

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Main Authors: Alkire, S, Seth, S
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) 2008