TY  - CHAP
AB  - Latin America has a longstanding tradition in multidimensional poverty measurement through the unsatisfied basic needs (UBN) approach. However, the method has been criticized on several grounds, including the selection of indicators, the implicit weighting scheme and the aggregation methodology, among others. The estimates by the UBN approach have traditionally been complemented (or replaced) with income poverty estimates. Under the premise that poverty is inherently multidimensional, in this chapter we propose three methodological refinements to the UBN approach. Using the proposed methodology we provide a set of comparable poverty estimates for six Latin American countries between 1992 and 2006.
VL  - 18
SN  - 978-0-85724-146-7, 978-0-85724-145-0/1049-2585
DO  - 10.1108/S1049-2585(2010)0000018004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2010)0000018004
AU  - Emma Santos María
AU  - Ana Lugo María
AU  - Felipe López-Calva Luis
AU  - Cruces Guillermo
AU  - Battistón Diego
ED  - John A. Bishop
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Chapter 1 Refining the basic needs approach: A multidimensional analysis of poverty in Latin America
T2  - Studies in Applied Welfare Analysis: Papers from the Third ECINEQ Meeting
T3  - Research on Economic Inequality
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 29
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -