A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa

We discuss and compare the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance approach and apply both measures to 26 African countries using data near 2002 and 2012. Results across the two measures are broadly similar but not the same. For example, while the multidimensional...

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Main Authors: Arndt, Channing, Mahrt, Kristi, Hussain, M. Azhar, Tarp, Finn
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146587

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