year 2008
authors Yele Batana
objectives This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries using the Alkire and Foster multidimensional poverty measures, whose identification method is based on a counting approach. Four dimensions are considered: assets, health, schooling and empowerment
type of data secondary data
level micro
methods
source Demography and Health Surveys (DHS)
geographic context Fourteen Sub-Saharan African Countries
keywords Standard of Living, Health, Education and Empowerment