A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
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A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa. / Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, Azhar; Tarp, Finn.
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T1 - A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Arndt, Channing
AU - Mahrt, Kristi
AU - Hussain, Azhar
AU - Tarp, Finn
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in reality inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles of indivisibility, inalienability, and equality. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem.
AB - The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in reality inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles of indivisibility, inalienability, and equality. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - first-order dominance
KW - multidimensional welfare measurement
KW - sub-Saharan Africa
KW - Demographic and Health Survey
KW - human rights-based approach
KW - C81
KW - D39
KW - D63
KW - I3
KW - O12
KW - O55
M3 - Working paper
T3 - WIDER Working Paper
BT - A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
CY - Helsinki
ER -
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