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What is the main limitation of using income to measure poverty?
What is the main limitation of using income to measure poverty?
What replaced the Human Poverty Index (HPI) in 2010?
What replaced the Human Poverty Index (HPI) in 2010?
What is the main difference between poverty and inequality?
What is the main difference between poverty and inequality?
What is the characteristic of the 'Transient poor'?
What is the characteristic of the 'Transient poor'?
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What is the purpose of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
What is the purpose of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
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What is the main advantage of using Amartya Sen's capability framework?
What is the main advantage of using Amartya Sen's capability framework?
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What is the characteristic of the 'Chronic poor'?
What is the characteristic of the 'Chronic poor'?
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What is the characteristic of the 'Persistent poor'?
What is the characteristic of the 'Persistent poor'?
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What is the primary purpose of measuring poverty?
What is the primary purpose of measuring poverty?
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What is the second step in measuring poverty?
What is the second step in measuring poverty?
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What is the most commonly used measure of household welfare?
What is the most commonly used measure of household welfare?
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What is the potential problem with using the Haig and Simons definition of income?
What is the potential problem with using the Haig and Simons definition of income?
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Which of the following is a demographic characteristic?
Which of the following is a demographic characteristic?
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What is the purpose of generating a summary statistic in measuring poverty?
What is the purpose of generating a summary statistic in measuring poverty?
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Which of the following is a factor that affects poverty dynamics?
Which of the following is a factor that affects poverty dynamics?
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Why is it important to choose an appropriate indicator of welfare?
Why is it important to choose an appropriate indicator of welfare?
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What does the Poverty Gap Index express as a percentage of the poverty line?
What does the Poverty Gap Index express as a percentage of the poverty line?
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What is the main difference between the Poverty Gap Index and the Poverty Severity Index?
What is the main difference between the Poverty Gap Index and the Poverty Severity Index?
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What is the role of the parameter α in the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (1984) formula?
What is the role of the parameter α in the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (1984) formula?
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What is the special case of the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (1984) formula when α=0?
What is the special case of the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (1984) formula when α=0?
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What is the focus of the dynamics of poverty?
What is the focus of the dynamics of poverty?
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What is the category of poor individuals who are on average above a poverty line and never in poverty?
What is the category of poor individuals who are on average above a poverty line and never in poverty?
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What is the main purpose of the Poverty Gap Index?
What is the main purpose of the Poverty Gap Index?
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What is the Poverty Severity Index a measure of?
What is the Poverty Severity Index a measure of?
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Study Notes
Types of Poverty
- Transient poor: above poverty line on average, but sometimes in poverty
- Chronic poor: below poverty line on average, but sometimes out of poverty
- Persistent poor: always in poverty
Multidimensional Poverty
- Cannot be measured by income alone
- Human Poverty Index (HPI) used by UNDP from 1997 to 2009
- Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) replaced HPI in 2010
- MPI uses dual cutoffs for levels and numbers of deprivations
- MPI multiplies percentage of people living in poverty by percentage of weighted indicators for which poor households are deprived on average
Inequality
- Broader concept than poverty, defined over entire population
- Measures are calculated for distributions other than expenditure (e.g. income, land, assets, tax payments)
Poverty Indices
- Poverty Gap Index (P1): adds up extent to which individuals fall below poverty line, expressed as percentage of poverty line
- Poverty Severity Index (P2): weighted sum of poverty gaps, takes into account inequality among poor
- Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (1984) poverty indexes: general class of poverty indexes with poverty aversion parameter (α)
- α=0: headcount index, α=1: poverty gap index, α=2: poverty severity index
Dynamics of Poverty
- Capturing mobility in and out of poverty
- Distinguishing categories of poor based on dynamics of poverty:
- Never Poor: above poverty line and never in poverty
- Transient Poor: above poverty line on average, but sometimes in poverty
- Chronic Poor: below poverty line on average, but sometimes out of poverty
- Persistent Poor: always in poverty
Factors Influencing Poverty
- Demographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, family size, dependency ratio)
- Asset possession (land, education, social capital)
- Activity (choice of crops, type of employment)
- Location (rural-urban, region, neighbourhood effects)
- Access to public services (health, school, social protection programs)
- Access to market (distance, financial services)
Measuring Poverty
- Reasons to measure poverty:
- Keep poor people on agenda
- Identify and target poor people
- Monitor and evaluate projects and policy interventions
- Evaluate effectiveness of institutions helping poor people
- Steps in measuring poverty:
- Defining an indicator of welfare
- Setting the poverty line
- Generating a summary statistic
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This quiz explores the different types of poverty, including transient, chronic, and persistent poverty, and how they can be measured beyond income.