A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in realit...
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2017
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| author | Arndt, Channing Mahrt, Kristi Hussain, M. Azhar Tarp, Finn |
| author_browse | Arndt, Channing Hussain, M. Azhar Mahrt, Kristi Tarp, Finn |
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| description | The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in reality inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles of indivisibility, inalienability, and equality. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1461852025-12-08T10:29:22Z A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa Arndt, Channing Mahrt, Kristi Hussain, M. Azhar Tarp, Finn development human rights economic development welfare indicators measurement socioeconomic development living standards stochastic models poverty The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in reality inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles of indivisibility, inalienability, and equality. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:07Z 2024-06-21T09:06:07Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146185 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.022 United Nations University Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, M. Azhar; and Tarp, Finn. 2017. A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa, 2017/76 Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 2017. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/300-4 |
| spellingShingle | development human rights economic development welfare indicators measurement socioeconomic development living standards stochastic models poverty Arndt, Channing Mahrt, Kristi Hussain, M. Azhar Tarp, Finn A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | human rights consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub saharan africa |
| topic | development human rights economic development welfare indicators measurement socioeconomic development living standards stochastic models poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146185 |
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