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DIMENSIONS
Magazine on Multidimensional Poverty
Articles
Editorial | Dimensiones 3
In this edition, we are pleased to present a variety of articles from different regions of the world – Latin America, Africa and India – that illustrate the richness offered by multidimensional poverty indices (MPIs) for analysing poverty, either alone or as a complement to income measurement.
Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006
This article is a summary of the essay published in World Development entitled ‘Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?’ by Sabina Alkire and Suman Seth (also available as an OPHI Working Paper) and presents the key findings of an analysis of changes in multidimensional poverty through the application of an adaptation of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index. This same analysis is replicated for over a 100 countries.
Editorial 2 Issue – Dimensions
The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) brings together high-level government representatives from all over the world whose shared objective is to eliminate poverty in their countries and who consider multidimensional indicators to be very powerful tools for achieving this goal.
What are the dimensions and indicators most commonly used by countries in their national MPIs?
In the following article, Diego Zavaleta presents the dimensions and indicators that the Latin American countries are using in the elaboration of their Indices of Multidimensional Poverty. It also identifies the main lessons that emerge from these experiences.