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Multidimensional Poverty: an analysis based on the functionings, dimensions and weights attributed by thefamilies of the Ilha das Onças - Pará, Brazil

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  • Rodrigues, Danuzia Lima

    (Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudoeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA))

  • dos Santos, Ricardo Bruno Nascimento

    (Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA))

  • Bagolin, Izete Pengo

    (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS))

  • Fernandes, Danilo Araujo

    (Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA))

Abstract

Aiming to assess the multidimensional poverty of Ilha das Onças - Metropolitan Region of Belem, Pará, Brazil, we use Sen’s Capabilities Approach, with the objective of defining the dimensions and functionings indicated as priorities by the studied population itself. We build a multidimensional poverty indexes (MPIs) adjusted according to the needs of the local population, using Alkire and Santos (2010) methodology. Field research was carried out during November and December 2018 interviewing 80 families. Four versions of the MPI were calculated. From the original version from Alkire and Santos (2010) to a version adjusted by the proposed dimensions and their respective weights attributed by the interviewees consulted in the field work, which we refer to as the MPIisle. The results show that the inclusion of what people consider important, to be or to do, reveals deprivations not generally considered by indexes constructed from exogenouslycdetermined weights, as in synthetic indexes.

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  • Rodrigues, Danuzia Lima & dos Santos, Ricardo Bruno Nascimento & Bagolin, Izete Pengo & Fernandes, Danilo Araujo, 2022. "Multidimensional Poverty: an analysis based on the functionings, dimensions and weights attributed by thefamilies of the Ilha das Onças - Pará, Brazil," Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (ABER), vol. 16(4), pages 492-517.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:rberur:0158
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    Keywords

    multidimensional poverty; territorial dynamics; living conditions in the Amazon.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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