Multidimensional Poverty: an analysis based on the functionings, dimensions and weights attributed by thefamilies of the Ilha das Onças - Pará, Brazil

Danuzia Lima Rodrigues (), Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos Santos (), Izete Bagolin () and Danilo Araujo Fernandes ()
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Danuzia Lima Rodrigues: Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudoeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA)
Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos Santos: Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
Danilo Araujo Fernandes: Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2022, vol. 16, issue 4, 492-517

Abstract: Aiming to assess the multidimensional poverty of Ilha das Onças - Metropolitan Region of Belem, Pará, Brazil, we use Sen’s Capabilities Approach, with the objective of defining the dimensions and functionings indicated as priorities by the studied population itself. We build a multidimensional poverty indexes (MPIs) adjusted according to the needs of the local population, using Alkire and Santos (2010) methodology. Field research was carried out during November and December 2018 interviewing 80 families. Four versions of the MPI were calculated. From the original version from Alkire and Santos (2010) to a version adjusted by the proposed dimensions and their respective weights attributed by the interviewees consulted in the field work, which we refer to as the MPIisle. The results show that the inclusion of what people consider important, to be or to do, reveals deprivations not generally considered by indexes constructed from exogenouslycdetermined weights, as in synthetic indexes.

Keywords: multidimensional poverty; territorial dynamics; living conditions in the Amazon. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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