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Why Multidimensional Poverty Measures?

Gaston Yalonetzky

Conceptual and philosophical arguments for multidimensional poverty measures. Overview of public debates, Stiglitz Sen Fitoussi Commission. The challenges for, and debates of, multidimensional poverty measures.

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00:00 Introduction

Part 1: Why a Renewed Interest in Multidimensional Poverty Measures?

06:28 Overview

11:06 1: Relevant data is increasing

13:12 2: Multiple poverty measures are exploding

14:50 3: The 2010 Human Development Report – three new indices

16:50 4: Technical resources do not reflect human development

17:33 5: The political demand is increasing

24:18 Introduction to the Stiglitz Sen Fitoussi Commission

32:33 Focus of the Stiglitz Sen Fitoussi Commission

Part 2: Why Multidimensional Poverty Measures?

34:28 Income measures are incomplete

38:45 Justifications of multidimensional poverty measures

Part 3: The Debates of Multidimensional Poverty Measures

40:57 The two major challenges for multidimensional poverty measures; why replace incomes? why a composite index?

45:09 First challenge posed by (among other Ravallion): monetary poverty is multidimensional

47:29 The answer to the challenge: the problems with monetary poverty

55:23 Second challenge: why not use the dash board approach to multidimensional poverty measures?

61:23 The answer to the challenge: the problems with the dash board approach to multidimensional poverty

70:17 The empirical challenge to multidimensional poverty

74:47 Challenges, improvements and best practices of multidimensional poverty measures

83:00 An overview “the reasons for using a multidimensional poverty measure”

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