The Multidimensionality of Child Poverty: an Empirical Investigation on Children of Afghanistan
OPHI Research in Progress
This paper examines multidimensional poverty among Afghan children by applying Alkire and Foster’s (2007) methodology for multidimensional poverty measurement to survey data collected by Handicap International.
Citation: Biggeri, M., Trani, J.-F. and Mauro, V. (2010). 'The multidimensionality of child poverty: An empirical investigation on children of Afghanistan', OPHI Research in Progress 19a, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.
Keywords:
multidimensional poverty measurement, capability approach, children, Alkire-Foster method
Region:
South Asia
Country:
Afghanistan