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A Multiple Correspondence Analysis Approach to the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in Morocco, 2001–2007

dc.contributor.author Ezzrar, Abdeljaouad
dc.contributor.author Verme, Paolo
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-29T20:18:00Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-29T20:18:00Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06
dc.description.abstract The measurement of multidimensional poverty has been advocated by most welfare scholars and is experiencing a growth in interest, partly explained by controversial debates that have emerged across academics and practitioners. This paper follows one of the least explored approaches -- Multiple Correspondence Analysis -- to assess multidimensional poverty in Morocco between 2001 and 2007. Multiple Correspondence Analysis provides two major advantages for the measurement of multidimensional poverty: it generates a matrix of "weights" based on the variance-covariance matrix of all welfare dimensions selected and provides a natural approach for constructing a composite welfare indicator that satisfies essential poverty ordering axioms. The application shows that poverty in Morocco has declined according to both monetary and multidimensional indicators and that these findings are robust to stochastic dominance tests. The paper concludes that the sustained positive growth that Morocco experienced during the last decade has translated in improvements in living conditions well beyond monetary returns. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16364520/multiple-correspondence-analysis-approach-measurement-multidimensional-poverty-morocco-2001-2007
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9330
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6087
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject ABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subject ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject BASIC HEALTH
dc.subject BASIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject COVARIANCE MATRIX
dc.subject DECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subject DEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject DIMENSIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject DRINKING WATER
dc.subject DURABLE
dc.subject DURABLE GOODS
dc.subject DURABLES
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject ECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subject ECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject EDUCATED PEOPLE
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject EQUIPMENT
dc.subject FINANCES
dc.subject FOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subject FOOD POVERTY
dc.subject FOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subject FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
dc.subject FORM OF POVERTY
dc.subject FORMS OF POVERTY
dc.subject FUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HIGH POVERTY
dc.subject HIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
dc.subject ILLITERACY
dc.subject INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME QUINTILE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERPOLATION
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subject MEASURING POVERTY
dc.subject MICRO-DATA
dc.subject MOBILE PHONES
dc.subject NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS
dc.subject NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject NUTRITION NEEDS
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR AREAS
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POTABLE WATER
dc.subject POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject POVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subject POVERTY GROUPS
dc.subject POVERTY INCREASES
dc.subject POVERTY INDEX
dc.subject POVERTY INDEXES
dc.subject POVERTY INDICATOR
dc.subject POVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subject POVERTY LEVELS
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY MAPS
dc.subject POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY PROFILE
dc.subject POVERTY QUINTILES
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject PRO-POOR
dc.subject PRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subject PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
dc.subject REGIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject RETURNS
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DIVIDE
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN POOR
dc.subject WELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subject WELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subject WELFARE LEVEL
dc.subject WELFARE MEASURE
dc.title A Multiple Correspondence Analysis Approach to the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in Morocco, 2001–2007 en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2012-06-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16364520/multiple-correspondence-analysis-approach-measurement-multidimensional-poverty-morocco-2001-2007
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6087
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20120612163924
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16364520
okr.identifier.report WPS6087
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/06/12/000158349_20120612163924/Rendered/PDF/WPS6087.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country Morocco
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Regional Economic Development
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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