Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Concepts and Applications

✍ Scribed by Udaya Wagle (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 229
Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being 4
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Conceptualization and measurement of poverty have traditionally relied on purely economic approaches, with income or consumption as the only indicator. Multidimensional approaches have increasingly been used to understand poverty, but have yet to be fully operationalized.

This book uses factor analysis and structural equations modeling to develop a multidimensional framework that integrates capability and social inclusion as additional poverty indicators.

The empirical relevance of this methodological contribution is demonstrated through its application in the United States and Nepal.

The proposed approach not only helps to identify different categories of the poor, but also to more accurately target resources and policies of poverty alleviation.

The book will therefore be an important reference for professionals in development agencies as well as for poverty and policy researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Three Related Concepts of Poverty....Pages 15-53
Multidimensional Approach to Poverty....Pages 55-85
Application I: Nepal....Pages 87-129
Chapter 5 Application II: The United States....Pages 131-172
Conclusion....Pages 173-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-214

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; Labor Economics; Social Policy

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