Reducing poverty - Poverty reduction programmes | Celebrating Impact

An innovative method for measuring multidimensional #poverty, developed by Dr Sabina Alkire and colleagues, is helping governments and organisations globally to design more effective poverty-reduction programmes. 

We have the data on how many people are income poor around the world. However, our assumption that income poverty is a good indicator of other kinds of poverty such as a lack of nutrition or sanitation is not accurate. 

The research project in this video looks at developing complementary poverty measures that reflect different deprivations around health, education and living standards. This new, practical and multi-dimensional methodology could help governments eradicate poverty. 

Dr Sabina Alkire is winner of the 'Outstanding International Impact' category of the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2014. The ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize recognises and rewards the successes of ESRC-funded #researchers achieving outstanding economic and societal impacts. Learn more about the prize: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/es...