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

Channing Arndt, Kristi Mahrt, M. Azhar Hussain and Finn Tarp

No wp-2017-76, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: First-order dominance; Multidimensional poverty; Sub-Saharan Africa; Demographic and health survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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