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

TY - UNPB

T1 - A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa

AU - Arndt, Channing

AU - Mahrt, Kristi

AU - Hussain, Azhar

AU - Tarp, Finn

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - 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. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem.

AB - 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. We show that a first-order dominance methodology maintains consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and apply the measures to 26 African countries. We conclude that the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance are useful complements that should be employed in tandem.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - first-order dominance

KW - multidimensional welfare measurement

KW - sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Demographic and Health Survey

KW - human rights-based approach

KW - C81

KW - D39

KW - D63

KW - I3

KW - O12

KW - O55

M3 - Working paper

T3 - WIDER Working Paper

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

CY - Helsinki

ER -