Ferreira, Francisco H.G.Lugo, Maria Ana2012-03-192012-03-192012-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3249Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing deprivations along multiple dimensions, clashes with often vociferous disagreement about how best to measure these deprivations. Drawing on the recent literature, this short note proposes three methodological alternatives to the false dichotomy between scalar indices of multidimensional poverty, on the one hand, and a "dashboard" approach that looks only at marginal distributions, on the other. These alternatives include simple Venn diagrams of the overlap of deprivations across dimensions, multivariate stochastic dominance analysis, and the analysis of copula functions, which capture the extent of interdependency across dimensions. Examples from the literature on both developing and developed countries are provided.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONASSETSCARIBBEAN REGIONCONSUMERSCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESDATA QUALITYDATA SETSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDISPOSABLE INCOMEDISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONDRINKING WATERECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMICSEQUILIBRIUM PRICESEXTERNALITIESFINANCIAL CRISESFODDERFUNCTIONAL FORMFUNCTIONAL FORMSGINI COEFFICIENTHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME LEVELSINCOME POVERTYINEQUALITYLIVING STANDARDSMARGINAL ANALYSISMEATNON-INCOME DIMENSIONSNUTRITIONPOLICY DEBATEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOOR HEALTHPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOWERLESSNESSRELATIVE POSITIONRELATIVE PRICESRURALSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGUTILITY FUNCTIONUTILITY FUNCTIONSWEALTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5964