Contrasting Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measures in a Low-Income Sub-Saharan African Country

Salecker, Lukas; Ahmadov, Anar K.; Karimli, Leyla

doi:10.1007/s11205-020-02382-z

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“…Also, Ruggeri Laderchi (1999) discussed the difference between the capability approach and the monetary approach. Salecker et al (2020) find that using monetary measures does not provide a full picture of the extent of multidimensional poverty, especially in the context of low-income countries. This result corroborates with Evans et al (2020) who consider the relationship between monetary and multidimensional poverty indices.…”

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Fuzzy Measures of Monetary and Non-monetary Deprivations in Tunisia

Hassine

Bouras

2022

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The objective of this paper is to provide a measure of deprivation in Tunisia. The focus will be on non-monetary deprivation which will complement the profile of the poor in the country. The work is carried out on Tunisian data from the national survey on the budget, consumption, and the household’s standard of living (2015). The study tries to explore, in addition to the monetary dimension, the deprivations in Tunisia in the essential dimensions of a dignified and respectable human life: housing, education and health. The results obtained show a great disparity in monetary and non-monetary deprivation, particularly in the housing and education dimensions. Household characteristics seem to be an important element in the extent of deprivation. These include the location, region of residence as well as the socio-economic characteristics of the household head. The present paper stands out from several recent works on the phenomenon in Tunisia, based mainly on monetary indicators. By this aspect, this study contributes to a better understanding of poverty in the country.

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Fuzzy Measures of Monetary and Non-monetary Deprivations in Tunisia

Hassine

Bouras

2022

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“…Generally, in sub-Saharan Africa the number of poor people continues to rise despite a slow decline in the poverty rates (WorldBank, 2016). The World Bank further indicates that 40% of the population lived below the US$1.90-a-day poverty line in 2018, and Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for two-thirds of the global extreme poor population (Andam, Edeh, Oboh, Pauw, & Thurlow, 2020;Salecker, Ahmadov, & Karimli, 2020). This signals the susceptibility of the poor and vulnerable households to fail to obtain adequate housing unless customised and well segmented housing policies protect them.…”

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A Review of Housing Policies and Their Relevance to Vulnerable Households in Sub Saharan Africa

Mubiru

Nuhu

Kombe

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This study reviews critical social science and policy documents on human settlement research to assess the practicality and relevance of the existing housing policy frameworks to urban households headed by vulnerable persons. Specifically, this study intends to justify the significance of vulnerable households’ classification and segmentation when in policymaking. Furthermore, the paper investigates the different omissions and stereotypes in the policymaking that have hindered adequate housing provision for the vulnerable households in sub-Saharan Africa. Several catchy strategies adopted by the various housing policies have been reviewed in this paper. These include; empowerment of the rental housing tenure, particular emphasis on low-income groups/households like the case in Tanzania, proposals for tenant-to purchase housing schemes, densification of the urban areas (Zimbabwe), delegation of house development to the private sector and the governments taking a back seat and assuming enabling roles among others. The various policies appear promising on paper but with limited or no tangible results regarding housing provision for low-income urban households. This paper avers that policy strategies like a special strategy for the low income and vulnerable households remain on paper with no streamlined strategies to achieve it.

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“…With regards to employment status, it seems to have a more important effect on monetary poverty than non-monetary poverty. Indeed, in Rwanda, Salecker (2020) finds that being unemployed increases the risk of monetary poverty by 5 to 7% (depending on which regression model is used), while there is no significant effect on multidimensional poverty. Alkire and Fang (2018) confirm this finding in China, by showing that compared to any other occupation, being jobless is associated with a higher risk of monetary poverty, which is not the case with non-monetary poverty for which farmers and hunters are worse-off.…”

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Contrasting Monetary and non-monetary measures of poverty in developing countries: a survey

Azami

2021

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While the study of poverty is popular amongst academia, there is yet to be a consensus on what defines such a phenomenon. Basing their arguments on different conceptual frameworks, some argue for a definition in monetary terms, as a lack of income or consumption, while others support a non-monetary approach focusing on shortcomings in diverse dimensions (health, education, nutrition…). Does it really matter that researchers do not agree on a definition of a poverty? Probing the empirical literature comparing monetary and non-monetary poverty in developing countries, this survey argues that different definitions of poverty lead to different populations identified as poor. Indeed, cross-tabulating poverty headcounts, it finds that a sizable portion of the non-monetary poor are excluded by the monetary approach. Moving to a subgroup level, it finds nonmonetary poverty amongst the monetary richest, and considerable disagreements with regards to poverty risks. In addition, these significant differences are not resolved when switching to a dynamic setting through panel studies. Policy implications are important: the risk mistargeting and misevaluation of policies is high if we do not consider both approaches concomitantly without one taking precedence over the other.

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Contrasting Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measures in a Low-Income Sub-Saharan African Country

Cited by 35 publications

References 38 publications

Fuzzy Measures of Monetary and Non-monetary Deprivations in Tunisia

Fuzzy Measures of Monetary and Non-monetary Deprivations in Tunisia

A Review of Housing Policies and Their Relevance to Vulnerable Households in Sub Saharan Africa

Contrasting Monetary and non-monetary measures of poverty in developing countries: a survey

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