Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Diallo, Fatoumata Lamarana
Author-Email: faatdiallo@yahoo.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: CRES/Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal
Title: Analysing multidimensional poverty in Guinea: A fuzzy set approach
Abstract: This paper aims at studying the multidimensional aspect of poverty in 
	 Guinea taking into account both the monetary and non monetary dimensions 
	 of poverty. We use data from the Full Base Survey on Poverty Assessment 
	 (FBSPA 2002-2003). The methodology relies on the fuzzy set approach of 
	 Dagum and Costa (2004) which is supplemented by the decomposition 
	 methods of Mussard and Pi Alperin (2005). The main results that emerge 
	 are: i) the identification of the key variables associated with poverty, 
	 ii) the identification of deprivation state according to selected 
	 attributes for different groups like natural regions, administrative 
	 regions, area of residence, genre, religion and household's size. The 
	 effect of attributes on the deprivation of each group and the global 
	 poverty index has been also tested. 
Classification-JEL: I32
Keywords: Fuzzy Set, Decompositions, Multidimensional Poverty
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2010
Number: 041
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-041.pdf
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File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2010041