(RE)COUNTING THE POOR IN PERU: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH

Peruvian monetary poverty declined by 12 percentage points in only four years. Based on the Alkire-Foster multidimensional headcount, we build a simple comparative framework to measure the tension between this result and a broader indicator of deprivation. We select six dimensions and apply this fra...

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Main Authors: Castro,Juan F, Baca,Jessica, Ocampo,Juan P
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía. 2012
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-04332012000100002
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