A network analysis approach in multidimensional poverty

Abstract

This paper applies a network analysis approach to weight the dimensions of multidimensional poverty. Weights are allocated according to the interaction of the deprivations to eliminate arbitrary value judgments used in equitable weighting. The approach is applied to a developing country. The results indicate that some dimensions are more relevant than others and measures of poverty show significant differences when changing the weighting approach.

A nonparametric approach to understanding poverty in the Philippines: Evidence from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey

“…However, this concept has shortcomings. First, citing the Capability Approach, Sen (1976, 1981), Jao et al (2000), Uchitelle (2001), Schelzig (2005), Leβmann (2011), Sumner and Edward (2014), Burchi and De Muro (2016), Rippin (2016), Alkire et al (2017), Workneh (2020), and García‐Vélez and Nuñez Velázquez (2021) argued that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon described by restricted opportunities to choose among different ways of life and by low levels of achievement in several dimensions of life. It is also the lack of freedom to have, or to do, basic things that an individual values (Sen, 1983).…”