Are Children among the Poorest?

One recurrent question when presenting the MPI 2014 results is, 'And what about the children?' Using a sample of countries for which MPI was recently updated, this note compares the age structure of the population and the age structure of the poor. 

Citation: Vaz, A. (2014). 'Are children among the poorest?', OPHI Briefings 26, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.