A survey on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: a Decision Aiding Perspective
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Poverty reduction policies have often under estimated the need to \ndefine poverty as a multidimensional concept and the necessity to use \nmultidimensional approaches to measure it. Under such a perspective research has been directed towards finding solutions to the main \nproblems that we face when considering poverty as a multidimensional \nconcept. This paper provides a review of literature on the recent developments in the framework of multidimensional poverty analysis. \nIt also highlights the various approaches of multidimensional poverty \nmeasurement that can be applied to provide more accurate descriptions of poverty trends to the typical users of such statistics(such as policy analysts and policy makers) and their limitations. At the end \nof this paper, we consider factors other than evidence that influence \npolicy making and policy implementation. We also introduce the concept of decision aiding and meaningful measurement. The issue of \nmeaningfulness is thus analysed both from a theoretical point of view \n(measurement theory) and from an operational one (policy effectiveness).
Institution: Lamsade
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2113908088