Composite Indices of Development and Poverty: An Application to MDGs

Autor/inn/en	De Muro, Pasquale; Mazziotta, Matteo; Pareto, Adriano
Titel	Composite Indices of Development and Poverty: An Application to MDGs
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 104 (2011) 1, S.1-18 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9727-z
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Social Indicators; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	The measurement of development or poverty as multidimensional phenomena is very difficult because there are several theoretical, methodological and empirical problems involved. The literature of composite indicators offers a wide variety of aggregation methods, all with their pros and cons. In this paper, we propose a new, alternative composite index denoted as MPI (Mazziotta-Pareto Index) which, starting from a linear aggregation, introduces penalties for the countries or geographical areas with "unbalanced" values of the indicators. As an example of application of the MPI, we consider a set of indicators in order to measure the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and we present a comparison between HDI (Human Development Index) methodology, HPI (Human Poverty Index) methodology and MPI. (As Provided).
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