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What is Multidimensional Poverty Measurement?

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A previous article ‘Measuring Poverty in the Post 2015 Agenda‘ introduced some of the key ongoing discussions on poverty measurement. Multidimensional poverty measurement is now clearly shown on the high level round table. In this regard, it is worth reviewing why it is needed and what it is.

In the above video clip, Sabina Alkire very briefly answers those questions in a ODI’s workshop. The interview of James Foster below, conducted by UNU-WIDER, would tell more about multidimensional poverty in detail.

Reference
Measuring Poverty in the Post 2015 Agenda – Rising Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Alkire & Foster (2011) Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement
OPHI Brief Note: Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
OPHI Lecture: Why Multidimensional Poverty Measures?

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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