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Multidimensional Well-Being Measurement Practices: A Review Focused on Improving Global Multidimensional Poverty Indicators

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dc.contributor.authorDecerf, Benoit
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-13T17:51:39Z
dc.date.available2024-06-13T17:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-12
dc.description.abstractMultidimensional well-being indicators have the potential to reduce the “bias” associated to monetary indicators. However, they face stringent data constraints. This paper studies the construction of indicators that strike a balance between (i) reliability in approximating conceptually sound well-being comparisons and (ii) simplicity of application and communication. The recommendations focus on global multidimensional poverty measures. The paper identifies three potential sources of improvements: “wasting” less data, better filtering the data, and further developing multidimensional analysis. Less information would be “wasted” by avoiding needlessly dichotomizing all the variables, using the available mortality data, and combining variables from separate surveys. To filter the data better, “equal weights” could be replaced by weights selected from external information on preferences. When the data permit, the unit of analysis should be switched from household level to individual level. Finally, multidimensional indicators should be used to help move beyond a suboptimal “dimension-by-dimension” approach to policy making.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099419506122440751/IDU1113af93419f04142501845d13c71b3376a03
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10800
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41703
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10800
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectMULTIDIMENSIONAL WELLBEING
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectDATA CONSTRAINTS
dc.titleMultidimensional Well-Being Measurement Practicesen
dc.title.subtitleA Review Focused on Improving Global Multidimensional Poverty Indicatorsen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleMultidimensional Well-Being Measurement Practices: A Review Focused on Improving Global Multidimensional Poverty Indicators
okr.date.disclosure2024-06-12
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T02:38:38.897758Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-06-12T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099419506122440751/IDU1113af93419f04142501845d13c71b3376a03
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10800
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10800
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Data and Statistics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Moving Out Of Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Health
okr.unitDECRG: Poverty & Inequality (DECPI)
okr.unitEFI-AFR2-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAWPV)
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