Measuring the poverty of herder households in Mongolia
Ganchimeg Gombodorj,
Károly Pető
Abstract:Mongolia faces difficulties in eradicating rural poverty, the same as other developing countries in the World. The selection of appropriate measurement is an essential prior step with regard to the complexity of poverty types and specifications. The most widely used poverty measuring methods are Income/cost Per Capita (IPC) per day and multidimensional poverty index (MPI). In the case of nomadic herder households in Mongolia, a livestock number is used as a proxy indicator to measure livelihood and poverty. Co… Show more
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