This paper analyzed multidimensional energy poverty in Nigeria at national and zonal levels using the 2009-10 National Living Standard Survey data. The study adopted the Nussbaumer, et al, (2011) methodology. National level results showed that 95 percent of Nigerians suffered energy poverty, deprived of 74 percent of the weighted indicators and had an MEPI of 70 percent. Energy poverty was foun...

Brazilian social protection programs have had consistent effects in reducing poverty and inequality among their respective target-groups: children, adolescents and pregnant and breastfeeding women. In 2011, the Brazil without Extreme Poverty program was launched as a strategy to eradicate extreme poverty by 2014. It makes the promotion of rights the core concept of the official political narrat...

This paper presents an overview of different concepts of poverty and approaches to its measurement. The variation in concepts reveals the multidimensional nature of poverty. Poverty can be conceived as absolute or relative, as lack of income or failure to attain capabilities. It can be chronic or temporary, is sometimes closely associated with inequity, and is often correlated with vulnerabilit...

To realize efficient and sustainable poverty alleviation, this study firstly investigated the identification of multidimensional relative poverty, then explored relevant alleviation pathways. Poverty levels in 31 provinces including autonomous regions municipalities China were identified at county level using average nighttime light index (ANLI), development (CMDI), a method combining standards...

One of the main goals in poverty measurement is making comparisons of prevalence and severity across geographical units. This is attained by merely disaggregating the index in question. The underlying assumption is that comparisons across units are tenable, inasmuch as the same indicators are utilised for constructing the index. Nonetheless, in practice, this assumption is very rarely tested. F...

The prominent role played by women’s empowerment and multidimensional poverty reduction in the development process is justified including Goal-1 Goal-5 under 2030 agenda of UNDP’s Sustainable Development Goals. This study examines nexus between rural areas Jagatsinghpur district Odisha. Alkire-Foster method used to construct Women Empowerment Index Multidimensional Poverty Index. Education, hea...