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Calculating the Multidimensional Poverty Index

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UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). 2015. Calculating the Multidimensional Poverty Index. New York.

Calculating the Multidimensional Poverty Index

Poverty has traditionally been measured in one dimension, usually income or consumption (terms used interchangeably here). In this analysis, a basket of goods and services considered the minimum requirement to live a non-impoverished life is valued at the current prices. People who do not have an income sufficient to cover that basket are deemed poor.