Multidimensional Poverty in Côte d'Ivoire: A Measure by the Fuzzy Set Theory

Kouassi Patrick Franklin and Seka Anderson Stéphane
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Kouassi Patrick Franklin: Ecole Supérieure Africaine des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Seka Anderson Stéphane: Université Felix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 139-148

Abstract: Poverty is a complex concept, whose multidimensional aspect in Côte d’Ivoire. We rely on the Study of Living Standards (LSMS. 2008) allows us to understand the phenomenon by an approach of fuzzy sets. The results show that by measuring the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 45.36% of Ivoirians are structurally poor households in 2008, with differences at the departmental level, the place of residence and gender of household head, and at the nine (9) dimensions. Furthermore, examination of one-dimensional poverty indices by dimension contributing to the state of household deprivation, shows different profiles. This implies that strategies of poverty reduction cannot rely on a single instrument, or to cover a single area, but must use a set of measures affecting its different dimensions.

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty; fuzzy set theory; Cote d’Ivoire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2017.v8n1p139

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