Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we apply the first-order dominance (FOD) approach to assessing multidimensional welfare to analyse multidimensional poverty in Zambia in 1996, 2006, and 2010. In addition to evaluating welfare across time and space, we extend the methodology to evaluate welfare by rural agricultural strata and urban housing cost areas. This modification allows a more detailed perspective on the evolution of rural poverty. Finally, we consider the sensitivity of FOD results to indicator definitions in a context where data prohibited the preferred definition.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-026-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2015/137

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Economic Development: General
• Subject: welfare ; first-order dominance ; Zambia ; multidimensional poverty ; growth

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mahrt, Kristi ; Masumbu, Gibson
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2015/026-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/129452
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET