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A clustering approach to identify multidimensional poverty indicators for the bottom 40 percent group.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an income-based poverty index which measures multiple deprivations alongside other relevant factors to determine and classify poverty.
Mariah Abdul Rahman   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Dynamics of Extreme Poverty in Developing Countries

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte Economice, 2018
This paper aims to analyses the trends and dynamics of extreme poverty in developing countries. The study attempts to answer one critical question: has the world achieved its number one Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing extreme poverty
Mahembe Edmore, Odhiambo Nicholas M.
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring chronic poverty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Fil: Foster, James Eric.
Foster, James Eric, Santos, Maria Emma
openaire   +4 more sources

Using counting and participatory approaches in multidimensional poverty assessment: The case of upland farming households in the Philippines

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2019
The literature on the concept and measurement of poverty has significantly improved from the traditional unidimensional (income/expenditure) analysis to the multidimensional concept of poverty and well-being.
Calyd T. Cerio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

European energy poverty metrics: Scales, prospects and limits

open access: yesGlobal Transitions, 2020
Energy poverty, a condition whereby people cannot secure adequate home energy services, is gaining prominence in public discourse and on political and policy agendas. As its measurement is operationalised, metrical developments are being socially shaped.
Siddharth Sareen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indicators System for Poverty Measurement [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Economics, 2006
Poverty represents a life aspect which is focusing the attention of both the macroeconomic analysis and the international comparisons. In order to measure the level being recorded by this phenomenon, there is a system of indicators which are used in ...
Constantin Mitrut   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity – one a strict subset of the other. The proposed indices are sensitive not only to income shortfalls from the poverty line, but also to differences in opportunities faced by people with different pre-determined characteristics, such as race or
Paolo Brunori   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

US poverty studies and poverty measurement: the past twenty-five years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper discusses the contribution made by American social scientists to the study of poverty in the past twenty five years. It has three parts.
Glennerster, Howard
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A critical review of modern approaches for multidimensional energy poverty measurement

open access: yes, 2018
Recent efforts to measure energy poverty more comprehensively attempt to redress the shortcomings of binary metrics that remain in common use. However, significant challenges remain both with the construction of the new measurement frameworks and their ...
Setu Pelz, S. Pachauri, S. Groh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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