Archive for the ‘Poverty measurement’ Category
Friday, June 13th, 2008
The lived poverty index: strongly related to measurement of political freedoms
Authors: M. Bratton (ed)
Publisher: Afrobarometer, 2008
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(Via Eldis Development Reporter)
Abstract: The Afrobarometer has developed an experiential measure of lived poverty called the Lived Poverty Index (LPI). It measures how frequently people go without basic necessities during the ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Produced by: Capability and Sustainability Centre, University of Cambridge (2008)
The aim of this report is to explain technical aspects in using and developing Poverty & Environment indicators (P&E) by providing a toolbox that will enable the readers to use indicators to mainstream environment into poverty reduction strategies. The document targets ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
This page compares two simple methods of measuring poverty:
The Basic Necessites Survey (BNS)
Mark Schreiner's Simple Poverty Scorecard (SPS)
The comparison was prompted by an email to the MandE NEWS email list by Atta Ullah in May 2008 asking for a comparison.
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
(From ELDIS Poverty Reporter)
Authors: Gunewardena,D.
Produced by: Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka (2005)
Recently, conceptual advances in poverty measurement have been made:
acceptance of the multidimensionality of poverty
parallel use of monetary, capability, social exclusion and participatory approaches
better measurement of the dynamics of poverty and vulnerability
a rudimentary but growing agenda for the measurement ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
[from Eldis Poverty Reporter]
Authors: Ssewakiryange,R.
Produced by: International Institute for Environment and Development (2005)
Uganda's Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) incorporates poor people's voices and perspectives. This paper focuses on the lessons learnt in the implementation of the PEAP by using examples from the Ugandan participatory poverty assessment process.
Key recommendations based on ...
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