Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty Theory and Case Studies /

• Main Author: Asselin, Louis-Marie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being ; 7
• Subjects: Social policy.; Labor economics.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Labor Economics.; Social Policy.

This book puts forward an operational methodology for measuring multidimensional poverty, independent from the conceptual origin, size and qualitative as well as quantitative nature of the primary indicators used to describe the poverty of an individual, household or socio-demographic entity. It all...

Table of Contents:

• Theory
• Indicators and Multidimensionality Analysis
• Composite Indicator of Poverty
• Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality Analysis
• Conclusion
• Case Studies
• Case Study # Multidimensional Poverty in Senegal: A Nonmonetary Basic Needs Approach
• Case Study # 2 Dynamic Poverty Analysis in Vietnam 1993–2002: Multidimensional Versus Money-Metric Analysis.