The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data – ODS, 2007, Vol. 35, issue 4

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The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data
Oxford Development Studies, 2007, Vol. 35, issue 4

This special issue is based on the proceedings of OPHI’s launch in May 2007. It presents revised versions of papers focusing on aspects of missing poverty data, including proposed indicators and questions to measure each missing dimension. It also includes the comments of discussants Grace Bediako, François Bourguignon and Stephan Klasen.

The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: Introduction to the Special Issue, by Sabina Alkire, pp. 347–359, see also OPHI Working Paper 00

Employment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators, by Maria Ana Lugo, pp. 361-378, see also OPHI Working Paper 02

Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators, by Solava Ibrahim and Sabina Alkire, pp. 379-403, see also OPHI Working Paper 04

The Ability to go about Without Shame: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators of Shame and Humiliation, by Diego Zavaleta Reyles, pp. 405-430, see also OPHI Working Paper 03

Physical Safety and Security: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators of Violence, by Rachael Diprose, pp. 431-458, see also OPHI Working Paper 01

Psychological and Subjective Well-being: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators, by Emma Samman, pp. 459-486, see also OPHI Working Paper 05

Keywords:

poverty measurement, missing dimensions, poverty data, agency, shame, humiliation, safety, wellbeing

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