Moving from the Household to the Individual: Multidimensional Poverty Analysis

Vijaya, Ramya M.; Lahoti, Rahul; Swaminathan, Hema

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“…They conclude that the multidimensional poverty of totos in Jalpaiguri district is similar to that of Ethiopia. Vijaya, et al (2014) construct an individual level multidimensional poverty measure for Karnataka, India. They have calculated gender disaggregated KHAS-MPI for 10 different poverty cut offs ranging from 10 per cent to 100 per cent deprivation, to see if their result of higher poverty rates among women holds across different poverty lines.…”

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Multidimensional Poverty: An Exploratory Study in Purulia District, West Bengal

Bagli¹

2019

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This paper explores the incidence and extent of multidimensional poverty for the households in Purulia district, the western most backward district of West Bengal in India. In context of Purulia district the decompositions of multidimensional poverty index (MPI) across the social castes and across the indicators have also been explained. MPI and its decomposition across the sub-groups have been computed using the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster (2007) and . This study covers twelve non income indicators under three dimensions education, health and living conditions. Collecting a set of primary data from 698 households in Purulia district during 2018, this study reveals that the incidence of multidimensional poverty in the district of Purulia is higher than that in national level. But the breadth of poverty is almost equal to that in India as a whole. In respect of poverty there is wide variation across the social castes. Among the indicators, use of dirty cooking fuel, not having improved sanitation have highest contribution to the district MPI.Highlights m This paper explores the incidence of multidimensional poverty for the households in Purulia district which is double in figure compared to that in India as a whole. Deprivation in access to improved sanitation is identified as the crucial indicator contributing highest in MPI of Purulia district.

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Section: Literature Review and Objectivesmentioning

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Multidimensional Poverty: An Exploratory Study in Purulia District, West Bengal

Bagli¹

2019

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“…Furthermore, having sufficient monetary resources to purchase a basic basket of goods does not mean that these will necessarily be converted into that basket of goods (Alkire and Santos, ). A particularly pertinent issue in terms of child poverty relates to the fact that monetary resources are predominantly measured at the household level, which does not capture intra‐household distribution (Vijaya et al., ) and makes one rely on equivalence scales or other methods to infer conclusions for individual household members, including children. This in conjunction with the notion that children are dependent on others for income generation and translation of income into basic needs (Roelen et al., ) leads some to argue that monetary indicators are a poor reflection of children's living conditions (White et al., ).…”

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Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: A Contradiction in Terms?

Roelen¹

2017

Development and Change

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Although the multidimensional nature of poverty is widely recognized, the extent to which monetary measures can serve as a proxy for non-monetary measures remains unresolved. This is of particular concern for children given their dependence on others for fulfilment of basic needs and assumptions about intra-household distribution that underpin monetary measures. This article adopts an innovative mixed-methods approach to investigate child poverty overlap and mismatch in the low-and middle-income countries of Ethiopia and Vietnam using secondary longitudinal survey data and primary qualitative data from adults and children. Findings indicate that monetary and multidimensional poverty are distinct constructs that are linked, but cannot serve as a proxy for one another. While the degree of dissonance depends on the types of indicators under consideration, poverty mismatch persists regardless of time, place and multidimensional measure under consideration.

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“…The PMT eligibility criterion, however, is based on household poverty, failing to capture intrahousehold poverty differences. Using Southern Africa survey data, Bhorat (, p. 157) shows that poverty measures at the individual level and the household level “transmit differential rankings of indigence.” Vijaya, Lahoti, and Swaminathan (, p. 70), using the Karnataka Household Asset Survey (India), show that “individual‐level measures can identify substantial gender differences in poverty that are masked when using household measures. Thus, gender‐disaggregated data and analysis can provide a useful complement to household level poverty measures.” If household poverty does not present the actual deprivations of individuals in the household, then, by definition, PMT is incapable of accurately identifying the levels of deprivations suffered by individuals in poverty.…”

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Older‐Age Social Pensions and Poverty: Revisiting Assumptions on Targeting and Universalism

Cruz‐Martínez

2019

Poverty & Public Policy

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Whether social protection benefits should be assigned to all (universal) or kept only for those who meet specific criteria (targeting) remains one of the most contentious questions in social policy research. The purpose of this article is to revisit three assumptions on the two main social policy options for the provision of social benefits to older persons. Each assumption is assessed through counterfactual reasoning using a combination of literature review and statistical analysis with a global perspective. The study finds that (i) 79 countries would be economically able to shift from targeted noncontributory pensions to basic universal noncontributory pensions with less than 1.2 percent of the respective national gross domestic products; (ii) 16 countries have means‐tested/region‐tested noncontributory pensions more expensive than a hypothetical basic universal social pension; (iii) an arbitrary threshold of “economic development” is not a limitation for implementing social pensions; and (iv) at least 17 countries with relatively low economic development have successfully implemented social pensions without means targeting. Therefore, contrary to what several international organizations and scholars have argued, universal social pensions are politically and economically viable and efficient strategies to alleviate income poverty.

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Moving from the Household to the Individual: Multidimensional Poverty Analysis

Cited by 25 publications

References 23 publications

Multidimensional Poverty: An Exploratory Study in Purulia District, West Bengal

Multidimensional Poverty: An Exploratory Study in Purulia District, West Bengal

Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: A Contradiction in Terms?

Older‐Age Social Pensions and Poverty: Revisiting Assumptions on Targeting and Universalism

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