caa a22 4500 445389494 CHVBK 20180317143042.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10888-011-9181-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10888-011-9181-4 Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement [Elektronische Daten] [Sabina Alkire, James Foster] Multidimensional measures provide an alternative lens through which poverty may be viewed and understood. In recent work we have attempted to offer a practical approach to identifying the poor and measuring aggregate poverty (Alkire and Foster, J Public Econ, 2011). As this is quite a departure from traditional unidimensional and multidimensional poverty measurement—particularly with respect to the identification step—further elaboration may be warranted. In this paper we elucidate the strengths, limitations, and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement in order to clarify the debate and catalyse further research. We begin with general definitions of unidimensional and multidimensional methodologies for measuring poverty. We provide an intuitive description of our measurement approach, including a ‘dual cutoff' identification step that views poverty as the state of being multiply deprived, and an aggregation step based on the traditional FGT measures. We briefly discuss five characteristics of our methodology that are easily overlooked or mistaken and conclude with some brief remarks on the way forward. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2011 Poverty measurement nationallicence Multidimensional poverty nationallicence Deprivation nationallicence FGT measures nationallicence Decomposability nationallicence Joint distribution nationallicence Axiom nationallicence Alkire Sabina Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK aut Foster James Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK aut The Journal of Economic Inequality Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/2(2011-06-01), 289-314 1569-1721 9:2<289 2011 9 10888 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9181-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9181-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alkire Sabina Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster James Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Economic Inequality Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/2(2011-06-01), 289-314 1569-1721 9:2<289 2011 9 10888 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer