Examining multidimensional poverty reduction in India 2005/6–2015/16: Insights and oversights of the headcount ratio

•From 2005/6 to 2015/16, India halved its Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and over 270 million people exited poverty.•The poorest groups by state, rural/urban, caste, religion, or age reduced MPI fastest in absolute terms – so were not left behind.•The pro-poor pattern is not evident if only th...

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Published in:World development 2021-06, Vol.142, p.105454, Article 105454
Main Authors: Alkire, Sabina, Oldiges, Christian, Kanagaratnam, Usha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Attainment
Development economics
Disaggregation
Dominance
Economic development
Economics
Evaluation
India
Inequality
Low income groups
Measurement
Measures
Multidimensional poverty
Panel data
Poverty
Poverty dominance
Poverty measurement
Poverty reduction
Reduction
Robustness
Socioeconomic factors
Statistics
Subgroups
Sustainable development
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