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Can We Really Measure Poverty and Identify the Poor When Poverty Encompasses Multiple Deprivations? |
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R.Radhakrishna, C.Ravi,B.Sambi Reddy |
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This paper argues that both the income/expenditure and nutritional measures of poverty suffer with their own limitations. The income poverty together with malnutrition would provide a better approximation of multi-dimensional poverty than either of them individually. For both conceptual and practical considerations, the income/expenditure is not suitable for identification of persons suffering from multiple deprivations. The multi dimensional approach incorporating both quantitative and qualitative indicators is suitable for identification of the poor |
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