Sensitivity matters. Comparing the use of multiple indicators and of a multidimensional poverty index in the evaluation of a poverty eradication program

Masset, Edoardo; García-Hombrados, Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105162

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“…Poverty in developing regions, like sub-Saharan Africa, is seen as a complex multidimensional problem that is difficult to measure (Masset & Garcia-Hombrados, 2021). When Vickery (1977) introduced the concept of time-poverty, her aim was to establish a new construct of poverty that would measure differences between households not only in terms of their income, but also in terms of time availability.…”

Section: Time-poverty Among Smallholdersmentioning

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Tackling climate change under time‐poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers

Vermeire

Crucke

Mutesi

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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We help to unravel how smallholder farmers in agricultural cooperatives can address the consequences of climate change. Climate change-oriented actions often pose an extra challenge to cooperative members in time-poverty, that is, to those who have no choice but to work long hours yet remain consumption poor. Tackling climate change requires future-oriented action toward unpredictable events, whereas timepoverty requires people to deal with the bare necessities of the present. Through a qualitative inductive study of Rwandan smallholder farmers in agricultural cooperatives, we observe that climate change increases time-poverty, especially for women, and that smallholder farmers are hesitant to invest their time in making climate change adaptations. We find that smallholder farmers can overcome these challenges through membership of agricultural cooperatives, which can help in pacing climate change actions. K E Y W O R D S agricultural cooperatives, climate change, Rwanda, smallholder farmers, time-poverty 1 | INTRODUCTION Climate change has become one of the grandest challenges of our time, bringing unpredictable and unwanted change with destructive consequences for those working in the agricultural sector (Diwakar & Lacroix, 2021; Ribeiro et al., 2021). Yet, research is also showing that the impact of climate change is unevenly distributed, hitting especially hard the lives of smallholder farmers (henceforth, smallholders) in the Global South, who have little margin for adaptation (Clay & King, 2019; Feliciano, 2019). It is in this realm that scholars have called for organizations to develop more products and services designed to help smallholders cope with climate change (Diwakar & Lacroix, 2021; Terlau et al., 2019; Welter & Baker, 2020). The cooperative is reemerging as a feasible organizational form to tackle social ills, like poverty and economic inequality (Muñoz et al., 2020; Verhofstadt & Maertens, 2014), which are worsening through climate change. As cooperatives are increasingly developing programs to tackle climate change (Borsky & Spata, 2018), we aim to shed further light on how smallholders who are members of cooperatives can deal with this grand challenge. An underlying assumption of current research is that smallholders make trade-offs between investing their resources in the present or the future and that within cooperatives, smallholders can make temporally balanced choices, such as spending more resources on climate adaptation techniques (Borsky & Spata, 2018). We specifically focus on agricultural cooperatives, also referred to as farmer cooperatives or producer organizations, which are organized by smallholders with great vulnerability to climate change (Morton, 2007). The International Cooperative Alliance defines a cooperative as: "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise" (International Cooperative Alliance, 2022). Agricultural cooperativ...

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Section: Time-poverty Among Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling climate change under time‐poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers

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Crucke

Mutesi

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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“…Meanwhile, Ghana has its indicator known as the Multidimensional Poverty Index (Global MPI). The study of Masset & García-Hombrados (2021) reported that the index made it easier for the Ghanaian government to alleviate poverty.…”

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Poverty in the Indonesia-Malaysia border province (case study in West Kalimantan Province)

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Junaidi³

et al. 2021

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This study aims to analyze the factors determining poverty in the Indonesia-Malaysia border province of West Kalimantan. Data were obtained from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) of West Kalimantan Province. From 2010 to 2019, panel data of regencies/cities in West Kalimantan were analyzed quantitatively. The results showed that the Random Equation Model (REM) using the GLS method was more appropriate for examining the impact of poverty in West Kalimantan. The study result found that Gross Regional Domestic Product, unemployment rate, and population density significantly affect poverty.

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“…However, if the objective of the intervention is measured using multiple outcome indicators, then the average impact of the intervention on the sample for each outcome indicator is obtained, while it is also important to understand what is happening at the household level overall, given the synergies that exist between the objectives of the intervention. Furthermore, indices can offer important advantages over single indicators by consolidating heterogeneous information into a single metric for straight comparison across groups and thus eliminates the concern of selective reporting (Masset and Garcia‐Hombrados, 2021) in addition to resolving the issue of increased probability of a type 1 error (a false‐positive finding) when carrying out multiple hypothesis tests (Anderson, 2008). Therefore, given that policymakers in developing countries face strict budget constraints with resources spread thin over households, analysis revealing the effectiveness of interventions in alleviating multiple deprivations of food security and nutrition simultaneously at a household level is thus essential to generate evidence for effective policymaking at the best cost‐effective solution.…”

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“…Indices thus summarize heterogenous information into a single metric and enable straight comparisons across groups. Furthermore, by summarizing information, it avoids the statistical issue of multiple hypothesis testing (Anderson, 2008) as well as selective reporting of results (Masset and Garcia‐Hombrados, 2021). Therefore, we combine the different indicators of food security and nutrition to form a nutrition‐sensitive multidimensional poverty index (N‐MPI) following Alkire et al .…”

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The Importance of Nutrition Education in Achieving Food Security and Adequate Nutrition of the Poor: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh*

Tauseef

2021

Oxf Bull Econ Stat

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Nutrition-sensitive social protection that enhances household resources and nutrition knowledge can be an important avenue of addressing food security and nutrition concerns of the poor. This paper studies the impact of a cluster randomized intervention of cash or food transfers, with-or-without nutrition behavioural change communication (BCC), on food security and nutrition outcomes in rural Bangladesh. We find that the addition of the BCC to transfers led to the greatest impact on the quantity and quality of food consumed by household members, especially women and children. The addition of BCC also had the greatest impact in reducing the incidence and intensity of deprivations measured using a nutrition-sensitive multidimensional poverty index. Evidence suggests this occurs through the BCC inducing increased consumption of flesh food, egg, dairy, fruits and vegetables and through investments in housing, sanitation and assets.

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Sensitivity matters. Comparing the use of multiple indicators and of a multidimensional poverty index in the evaluation of a poverty eradication program

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Tackling climate change under time‐poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers

Tackling climate change under time‐poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers

Poverty in the Indonesia-Malaysia border province (case study in West Kalimantan Province)

The Importance of Nutrition Education in Achieving Food Security and Adequate Nutrition of the Poor: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh*

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