Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-314

  Alkire, Sabina ^a   Foster, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axiom; Decomposability; Deprivation; FGT measures; Joint distribution; Multidimensional poverty; Poverty measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959582342     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-011-9181-4     Document Type: Article

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