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Multidimensional Poverty and the Post-2015 MDGs

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  • Sabina Alkire
  • Andy Sumner

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Sabine Alkire and Andy Sumner advocate the use of a global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Authors support the use of what they call a ‘headline’ MDG indicator to provide an intuitive, accessible measure of multidimensional poverty (comprising dimensions such as health, education, and standard of living) to complement the income-based approach to poverty exemplified by the World Bank’s $1.25/day standard. The Global MPI covers over 100 developing countries. Authors suggest that an ‘MPI 2.0’ could be created with dimensions, indicators and cutoffs that reflect the post-2015 MDG consensus.

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  • Sabina Alkire & Andy Sumner, 2013. "Multidimensional Poverty and the Post-2015 MDGs," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 56(1), pages 46-51, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:56:y:2013:i:1:p:46-51
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    1. Meera Tiwari & Sabina Alkire & Jose Manuel Roche & Suman Seth & Andrew Sumner, 2015. "Identifying the Poorest People and Groups: Strategies Using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(3), pages 362-387, April.
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    3. Shepherd, Philippa M. & Dissart, Jean-Christophe, 2022. "Reframing vulnerability and resilience to climate change through the lens of capability generation," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    4. Carunia Mulya Firdausy & Dwi Andayani Budisetyowati, 2022. "Variables, Dimensions, and Indicators Important to Develop the Multidimensional Poverty Line Measurement in Indonesia," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(2), pages 763-802, July.
    5. Andrius Kučas & Boyan Kavalov & Carlo Lavalle, 2020. "Living Cost Gap in the European Union Member States," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-26, October.
    6. Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena & Abeney, Jacob Opantu & Toman, Michael & Turkson, Festus Ebo & Baffour, Priscilla Twumasi, 2023. "Household Electricity Consumption Inefficiency and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana," EfD Discussion Paper 23-11, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg.
    7. Fu, Rao & Jin, Gui & Chen, Jinyue & Ye, Yuyao, 2021. "The effects of poverty alleviation investment on carbon emissions in China based on the multiregional input–output model," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    8. PV Viswanath, 2018. "Microfinance and the Decision to Invest in Children’s Education," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-20, February.
    9. Muhammad Hatim & Zerish Tasleem & Muhammad Nadeem, 2022. "The Influence Of Education And Health On Rural Household Poverty: A Moderating Role Of Culture In Punjab, Pakistan," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 11(2), pages 120-133, June.
    10. Guo, Junping & Qu, Song & Zhu, Tiehui, 2022. "Estimating China’s relative and multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from micro-level data of 6145 rural households," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 26(C).

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