The Political Economy of Multidimensional Child Poverty Measurement: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and Uganda

doi:10.1080/13600818.2020.1739261

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The Political Economy of Multidimensional Child Poverty Measurement: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and Uganda

dc.contributor.author	Cuesta, Jose
dc.contributor.author	Biggeri, Mario
dc.contributor.author	Hernandez-Licona, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.author	Aparicio, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Guillen-Fernandez, Yedith
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-11T17:33:47Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-11T17:33:47Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-11
dc.description.abstract	As part of the 2030 Agenda, much effort has been exerted in comparing multidimensional child poverty measures both technically and conceptually. Yet, few countries have adopted and used any of these measures in policymaking. This paper explores the reasons for this absence from a political economy perspective. It develops an innovative political economy framework for poverty measurement and a hypothesis whereby a country will only produce and use reliable and sustainable multidimensional child poverty (MDCP) measures if and only if three conditions coalesce: consensus, capacity and polity. We explore this framework with two relevant case studies, Mexico and Uganda. Both countries satisfy the capacity condition required to measure MDCP but only Mexico satisfies the other two conditions. Our proposed political economy framework is normatively relevant because it identifies the conditions that need to change across multiple contexts before the effective adoption and use of an MDCP measure becomes more likely.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Oxford Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/35256
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/35256
dc.identifier.isbn	1360-0818
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35256
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject	CHILDREN
dc.subject	CHILD POVERTY
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	CONSENSUS
dc.subject	CAPACITY
dc.subject	POLITY
dc.title	The Political Economy of Multidimensional Child Poverty Measurement	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and Uganda	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600818.2020.1739261 Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.date.disclosure	2021-09-11
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:23:56.935298Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T03:05:05.933504Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-08T06:32:45.243473Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-09T02:30:47.303887Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-10T02:56:08.114980Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/13600818.2020.1739261
okr.identifier.doi	157805
okr.journal.nbpages	117-34
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Mexico
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.topic	Governance::Politics and Government
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Political Economy
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unit	Poverty Global Practice
okr.volume	48(2)