Arbeitspapier

A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa

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.

ISBN
978-92-9256-300-4
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/76

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
Distribution: Other
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Thema
first-order dominance
multidimensional welfare measurement
sub-Saharan Africa
Demographic and Health Survey
human rights-based approach

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Arndt, Channing
Mahrt, Kristi
Hussain, M. Azhar
Tarp, Finn
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/300-4
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Arndt, Channing
  • Mahrt, Kristi
  • Hussain, M. Azhar
  • Tarp, Finn
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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