This case study was developed with the general objective to develope an exploratory proposal for multidimensional poverty measurement, contributing to the debate on the definition of mechanisms to poverty overcome. The methodologies of multidimensional poverty measurement that have been adopted in Latin America were reviewed. With Alkire and Foster’s multidimensional measurement methodology, the incidence of poverty for different cut lines among dimensions was calculated, wich provided evidence of high sensitivity of the results to different values of the parameter k. Using an average value (k = 3) was identified that in Costa Rica in 2013, 31.5% of the population suffers multidimensional poverty. The dimensions associated with information technology, basic education and job quality were those that identify as many people in multidimensional poverty, thereby evidenced that sectoral policies in these areas had been insufficient to achieve the minimum thresholds of well-being established in the measurement.
Keywords:
Multidimensionality measurement of poverty, overcoming poverty, well-being
Artavia, M. (2016). Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty: An Exploratory Proposal for Costa Rica. Journal Studies of Public Policy, 1(1), 138–159. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-6296.2015.38370
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