Is the Multidimensional Poverty Index robust to different weights?
OPHI Research in Progress
This paper presents the results of robustness tests, which show that the Multidimensional Poverty Index, developed by OPHI for the UNDP Human Development Report, is robust to a range of different weights.
Citation: Akire, S., Santos, M.E. and Yalonetzky, G. (2010). 'Is the Multidimensional Poverty Index robust to different weights?', OPHI Research in Progress 22a, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.
Keywords:
Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI, robustness, poverty measurement