Poverty in Monetary versus Non-Monetary Indicators in India: A Case of Alkire-Foster Methodology

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Health Dimension ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
Capital Ownership ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
Poor Population ◽  
Poverty Targeting

ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to assess the poverty in monetary as well as non-monetary indicators in India. For this purpose, Alkire-Foster methodology has been used on the consumption expenditure data. Findings of the study revealed that incidence of poverty was the highest in the source of cooking fuel (68 percent) followed by deprivation in calorie intake (62 percent), ownership of land (53 percent) and education (53 percent) dimensions. Consolidated index of poverty, revealed that 34 percent of the Indian population was suffering from the multidimensional poverty and they were experiencing around 63 percent of the average number of deprivations. STs, SCs and labour households were in the most pitiable situation. Among three sectors of the economy, the majority of the poor population belongs to the primary and secondary sectors particularly those employed in construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing and mining and quarrying. Further, human capital, ownership of land and health dimension observed to be the major contributors to the incidence of multidimensional poverty. Targeting mechanism suggests that marginalised groups have a greater potency to reduce poverty at a higher rate.

scholarly journals Multidimensional Poverty Targeting

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-554
Author(s):  
Jean-Yves Duclos ◽  
Luca Tiberti ◽  
Abdelkrim Araar
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Targeting

scholarly journals DEPRIVATIONS OF THE URBAN POOR IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONTEXT IN THE NORTH EASTERN INDIAN STATE OF MIZORAM

2021 ◽  
pp. 436-441
Author(s):  
James L.T. Thanga ◽  
Joseph Lalremsanga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Index ◽  
The Poor

It is now widely accepted that poverty everywhere is no longer a question of lack of income or insufficient calorie intake, it has broadened to include several areas of deprivation such as inadequate housing, health & nutrition, assets, etc. So, multidimensional poverty index has been developed and used to examine the levels deprivations of people on basic necessities of life. Multidimensional poverty index has been constructed based on the sample survey data to examine deprivation of the poor people living in urban areas of Mizoram, India. It is observed that a quarter of the urban poor are severely deprived, while substantial proportion of the poor can easily fall back to severe deprivation with a slight change in their access to basic necessities of life. KEY WORDS: Multidimensional Poverty Index, Deprivation, Urban Poverty, Assets, Standard of Living, Health & Nutrition, Financial Inclusion.

scholarly journals Multidimensional Poverty Targeting

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Yves Duclos ◽  
Luca Tiberti ◽  
Abdelkrim Araar
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Poverty Targeting

The Development of Speech-Language Pathology in Zambia: A Reflection on the Current Landscape and Two Contrasting Training Models

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (17) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Suzanna Bright ◽  
Chisomo Selemani
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Speech Impairment ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Training Models ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disability Prevalence ◽  
Service Gap ◽  
Communication Disability

Functional approaches to disability measurement in Zambia reveals an overall disability prevalence rate of 13.4%, 4% of whom are recorded as having “speech impairment” (Zambia Federation of the Disabled [ZAFOD], 2006). Further, multidimensional poverty assessments indicate that 48.6% of Zambia's approximately 16 million citizens are impoverished. Currently, there are three internationally qualified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) providing services within Zambia's capital city, Lusaka. Given these statistics, it follows that a significant number of Zambian's, experiencing communication disability, are unable to access specialist assessment and support. Over the past decade, Zambia has seen two very different approaches to address this service gap—firstly, a larger scale top-down approach through the implementation of a formal master's degree program and more recently a smaller scale, bottom-up approach, building the capacity of existing professionals working in the field of communication disability. This article provides an overview of both programs and the context, unique to Zambia, in which they have developed. Authors describe the implementation challenges encountered and program successes leading to a discussion of the weakness and merits to both programs, in an attempt to draw lessons from which future efforts to support communication disability and SLP service development in Majority World contexts may benefit.

Abstract # P-17: Association of NQO1 (Rs1800566) Polymorphism with NQO1 Levels and Risk of Diabetic Nephropathy in Indian Population

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Mohini Sharma ◽  
S. Gupta ◽  
M. Mehndiratta ◽  
O.P. Kalra ◽  
R. Shukla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Nephropathy ◽  
Indian Population

FIT – Do Something Different

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben (C) Fletcher ◽  
Jill Hanson ◽  
Nadine Page ◽  
Karen Pine
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Flexibility ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Behavioral Repertoire ◽  
Additional Weight

Two 3-month longitudinal studies examined weight loss following a 1-month behavioral intervention (FIT-DSD) focusing on increasing participants’ behavioral flexibility and breaking daily habits. The goal was to break the distal habits hypothesized as playing a role in unhealthy dietary and activity behaviors. The FIT-DSD intervention required participants to do something different each day and to engage in novel weekly activities to expand their behavioral repertoire. These activities were not food- or exercise-related. In Study 1, the FIT-DSD program was compared with a control condition where participants engaged in daily tasks not expected to influence behavioral flexibility. Study 2 used an active or quasicontrol group in which half the participants were also on food diets. Measures in both studies were taken pre-, post-, and post-postintervention. In Study 1, FIT-DSD participants showed greater weight loss that continued post-postintervention. In Study 2, all participants on the FIT-DSD program lost weight, weight loss continued post-postintervention, and participants who were also dieting lost no additional weight. A dose relationship was observed between increases in behavioral flexibility scores and weight loss, and this relationship was mediated by calorie intake. Corresponding reductions in BMI were also present. Increasing behavioral flexibility may be an effective approach for tackling obesity and also provides affective and potential life-skill benefits.

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