The Asset-By-Asset Poverty Index

Oliver Mtapuri ()
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Oliver Mtapuri: University of Limpopo

Journal of Income Distribution, 2011, vol. 20, issue 3-4, 103-120

Abstract: This article pioneers an asset-by-asset point index, which represents a simple methodology that uses inputs rather than outputs of well-being to recognise the 'poor' on a point basis, household by household. It focuses on assets, which are a significant aspect of well-being in whose absence households may fall into deprivation. The index is well-suited for the production of localised indicators, as it allows disaggregation of data by a rural/urban divide and even at the village/household level, which facilitates area-based interventions. It is an asset-based measure, which will help to identify the poor and the type of help they need; it can thus be used as a monitoring tool at the household and community level. It represents an alternative approach to measuring household poverty.

Keywords: assets; poverty; index; threshold; consensual (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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