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Poor, Multidimensionally Speaking: Evidence from South Africa

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There is an expanding literature on multidimensional poverty measurement. Even though the theoretical foundations of the field are well developed, there are only a few empirical papers on developing countries, especially on the comparison of different measures. This paper applies a decomposable multidimensional measure developed by Alkire and Foster (2007) to a cross-sectional dataset on South Africa. This measure allows for decomposition of final outcome into the dimensions used. Furthermore, South Africa provides an interesting case study as the country is renowned for its high income-inequality rate. The contribution of the paper is to draw significant policy implications when a decomposable multidimensional measure is used as opposed to measures that are either multidimensional but not dimensionally decomposable or unidimensional. Specifically, it evaluates the current policy-making mechanism in South Africa at the provincial level and suggests alternative revenue-allocation schemes by using the Alkire–Foster measure. Copyright 2011 , Oxford University Press.

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  • Hasan Basarir, 2011. "Poor, Multidimensionally Speaking: Evidence from South Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 20(3), pages 463-504, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:20:y:2011:i:3:p:463-504
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    1. Oluwaseun A. Oyebamiji & Mohsin Khan, 2023. "Multidimensional poverty in South‐West Nigeria: Empirical insights from a household survey in Osun State," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(2), pages 227-250, June.
    2. Uche M. Ozughalu & Fidelis O. Ogwumike, 2019. "Extreme Energy Poverty Incidence and Determinants in Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 142(3), pages 997-1014, April.
    3. Vusi Gumede, 2021. "Revisiting Poverty, Human Development and Inequality in Democratic South Africa," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 15(2), pages 183-199, August.
    4. Candace A. Moonansingh & Wendell C. Wallace & Isaac Dialsingh, 2019. "From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago: The Latent Class Analysis of Poverty Measurement as an Alternative to the Financial Deprivation Model," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(1-2), pages 57-72, July.
    5. Nabila Saddaf & Shamiala Aslam, 2018. "An Ascertainment of Multidimensional Poverty among Households: Evidence from Attock District," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 7(1), pages 1-5, March.

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