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Impact of Education on Multidimensional Poverty Reduction at the Post-Poverty Alleviation Era in Xinjiang

East Asian Economic Review, 2023
The multidimensional poverty index is an indicator system established for defining and evaluating poverty, to understand poverty in dimensions beyond just monetary scarcity.
Jian Qiu, Hongsen Wang, Ailida Aikerbayr
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Accounting for drinking water quality in measuring multidimensional poverty in Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The Multidimensional Poverty Index is used increasingly to measure poverty in developing countries. The index is constructed using selected indicators that cover health, education, and living standards dimensions.
Alemayehu Azeze Ambel, Harriet Kasidi Mugera, Robert E S Bain   +2 more
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Implementation of Factor Analysis and BiClustering in Classifying Multidimensional Under-Five Poverty in East Nusa Tenggara

IJCCS (Indonesian Journal of Computing and Cybernetics Systems), 2022
Under-five poverty is a condition where the needs of toodlers are not met, resulting in undernourished children and unable to reach their full potential in the social sphere.
Rahmadathul Wisdawati, Rani Nooraeni, Bagaskoro Cahyo Laksono, Bintang Izzatul Fatah   +3 more
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Towards a multidimensional poverty index for Germany [PDF]

Empirica, 2015
This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual framework, I apply the Alkire-Foster method using German panel data. I suggest new operationalizations for two dimensions: social participation and practical reason, the latter drawing on recent findings in experimental economics.
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Breaking the chains of poverty: examining the influence of smartphone usage on multidimensional poverty in rural settings

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
We analyze the impact of smartphone usage on multidimensional poverty reduction. Utilizing the A-F approach, we compute a multidimensional poverty index based on five dimensions: education, health, income, living standard, and labor force.
Xian Liang, Hui Xiao, Fangmiao Hou, Xuan Guo, Lishan Li, Longjunjiang Huang   +5 more
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Does intra‐country poverty convergence depend on spatial spillovers and the type of poverty measure? Evidence from Pakistan

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 2022
Knowing whether poverty rates converge within a country matters for regional development policy and for understanding growth processes. In this paper, we use five poverty measures, calculated biennially from 2004 to 2014 for 100 districts in Pakistan, to
Zaira Najam, John Gibson
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Measuring Multidimensional Health Poverty in China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
This article defines the concept of “multidimensional health poverty,” considering both the monetary aspects and multidimensional health deprivation of health poverty. Moreover, we set up the multidimensional health poverty index (MHPI) to measure health
Xin-Xin Chi, Xi-Hua Liu, Ze-Zhong Zhang
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Methylation biomarkers can distinguish pleural mesothelioma from healthy pleura and other pleural pathologies

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed and validated a DNA methylation–based biomarker panel to distinguish pleural mesothelioma from other pleural conditions. Using the IMPRESS technology, we translated this panel into a clinically applicable assay. The resulting two classifier models demonstrated excellent performance, achieving high AUC values and strong diagnostic accuracy.
Janah Vandenhoeck, Nele De Meulenaere, Thomas Vanpoucke, Joe Ibrahim, Dieter Peeters, Suresh Krishan Yogeswaran, Wen Wen, Paul Van Schil, Jeroen M. H. Hendriks, Jo Raskin, Jan van Meerbeeck, Guy Van Camp, Ken Op de Beeck   +12 more
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Exploring the Multidimensional Poverty Index: National and Children’s Dimensions in Malaysia

World
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges faced by children in Malaysia, particularly in terms of poverty and hardship. This has led to concerns about the long-term impact on children’s welfare, particularly in terms of educational and ...
Mohd Khairi Ismail, Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani, Muhamad Zahid Muhamad, Nurul Ashikin Alias, Muhammad Nooraiman Zailani   +4 more
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Heterogeneous effects of improving technical efficiency on household multidimensional poverty: evidence from rural Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2021
Smallholder agriculture in developing countries is characterized by low productivity. Improving the productive efficiency of farm households is considered one of the paths to increase productivity and reduce poverty.
Fisseha Zegeye Birhanu, Abrham Seyoum Tsehay, Dawit Alemu Bimerew   +2 more
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