Open Dialogue with OPHI
Multidimensional Poverty Measures – Preliminary Explorations, 16 June 2008
Most countries of the world define poverty by income. Yet poor people themselves define their poverty much more broadly—to include lack of education, health, empowerment, employment, personal security and more. Do these differences matter? OPHI researchers presented results of work in progress on Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China, India, and Bhutan. In each of these cases, OPHI researchers use existing data to compare income poverty with a new multidimensional poverty measure (Alkire & Foster Working Paper 7) and explore the value added.
Session I: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Methodology
- Brief welcome and overview: Sabina Alkire, OPHI Director
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: James Foster, Research Associate, Presenting (powerpoint) Discussant: Sudhir Anand, Advisor
Session II: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement : Applications
Chair : Valpy FitzGerald
- India: Sabina Alkire & Suman Seth Presentation Paper
- China: Jiantuo Yu Presentation
- Bhutan: Maria Emma Santos & Karma Ura Presentation Paper
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Yele Batana, Presentation Paper
- Latin America: Maria Ana Lugo & Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva Presentation