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A poverty indicator system for local government

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  • Leanne Scott

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This article looks at the implications of using indicators (such as poverty levels, housing levels, access to services, employment rates, etc.) as part of a democratic and accountable process of local governance. It is argued that underlying the advocacy of particular indicators of poverty are different models of poverty and of governance. Some popular schools of thought on poverty are examined in terms of both models and measurement (indicators). A framework is proposed for developing indicators, and a set of housing indicators inspired by the United Nations' Urban Indicators Programme is considered using this framework. It is suggested that the current approach to developing indicators in South Africa is not integrated or coherent because it lacks grounding in an explicit and defensible model of poverty.

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  • Leanne Scott, 2002. "A poverty indicator system for local government," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4), pages 483-501.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:19:y:2002:i:4:p:483-501
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835022000019437
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    1. Christoph Bader & Sabin Bieri & Urs Wiesmann & Andreas Heinimann, 2016. "A Different Perspective on Poverty in Lao PDR: Multidimensional Poverty in Lao PDR for the Years 2002/2003 and 2007/2008," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 126(2), pages 483-502, March.
    2. Louisiana Cavalcanti Teixeira, 2020. "Trade Liberalization, Income, and Multidimensional Deprivation in Brazil," Working Papers hal-02997100, HAL.
    3. Lungile Ntsalaze & Sylvanus Ikhide, 2018. "Rethinking Dimensions: The South African Multidimensional Poverty Index," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 135(1), pages 195-213, January.

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