Abstract
This article analyses the design process of official multidimensional poverty measures in Colombia, Chile, El Salvador and Mexico, and discusses the extent to which such processes have been able to reflect the priorities of people living in poverty. We argue that although these countries have faced limitations in conducting a ”pure participatory-driven” strategy, they have advanced towards measuring poverty in a way that better reflects what disadvantaged people consider to be an impoverished life. We propose guidelines to continue improving the design of official multidimensional poverty measures and make them more open to information on what people value and more sensitive to public reasoning.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-34 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Ensayos de Política Económica |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Multidimensional poverty, capability approach, social policy, Latin America.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences