A Multidimensional Approach: Poverty Measurement and Beyond – SIR, 2013, Vol. 112, issue 2

Social Indicators Research, 2013, Vol. 112, issue 2

The articles in this special issue apply the Alkire-Foster (AF) method for measuring multidimensional poverty to a range of different context. Several OPHI working papers are published as articles in the special issue.

The introduction, 'A Multidimensional Approach: Poverty Measurement and Beyond' (full text) by Sabina Alkire and Maria Emma Santos (pp. 239–257), provides an overview of the AF method.

'Tracking Poverty Reduction in Bhutan: Income Deprivation Alongside Deprivation in Other Sources of Happiness' by Maria Emma Santos (pp. 259–290)

'Income and Beyond: Multidimensional Poverty in Six Latin American Countries' by Diego Battiston, Guillermo Cruces, Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Maria Ana Lugo and Maria Emma Santos (pp. 291–314). Also published as OPHI Working Paper 17.

'Multidimensional Poverty in China: Findings Based on the CHNS' by Jiantuo Yu (pp. 315–336)

'Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa' by Yélé Maweki Batana (pp. 337–362). Also published as OPHI Working Paper 13.

'Monitoring Progress in Child Poverty Reduction: Methodological Insights and Illustration to the Case Study of Bangladesh' by José Manuel Roche (pp. 363–390). Also published as OPHI Working Paper 57.

'The Multidimensionality of Child Poverty: Evidence from Afghanistan' by Jean-Francois Trani, Mario Biggeri and Vincenzo Mauro (pp. 391–416)

'Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India' by Sabina Alkire and Suman Seth (pp. 417–446). Also published as OPHI Working Paper 53.

'Multidimensional Targeting: Identifying Beneficiaries of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs' by Viviane Azevedo and Marcos Robles (pp. 447 - 475). Also published as OPHI Research in Progress paper No. 20a.

'Towards a Multidimensional Measure of Governance' by Shabana Mitra (pp. 477–496)