Multidimensional poverty index for Latin America

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cepal.callNumberLC/PUB.2025/3-P/Corr.1
cepal.citationThis publication should be cited as: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2026). Multidimensional poverty index for Latin America. ECLAC Methodologies (7) (LC/PUB.2025/3-P).
cepal.docTypeLibros y documentos institucionales
cepal.jobNumber2500731S_en
cepal.regionalOfficeSantiago
cepal.sdg1
cepal.topicEngPOVERTY
cepal.topicEngPUBLIC POLICIES
cepal.topicEngSOCIAL STATISTICS
cepal.topicSpaPOBREZA
cepal.topicSpaPOLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
cepal.topicSpaESTADÍSTICAS SOCIALES
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL
dc.coverage.spatialEngLATIN AMERICA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA LATINA
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-09T18:34:20Z
dc.date.available2026-03-09T18:34:20Z
dc.date.issued2026-03-09
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades, the international community has recognized the need to measure poverty more comprehensively, by incorporating various dimensions of well-being. More than half of Latin American countries have developed official multidimensional poverty indices, which are essential for evaluating and designing national poverty reduction policies. However, these measurements are not mutually comparable. Multidimensional poverty indicators designed to allow for international comparability also exist, but their standards are not always adequately adjusted to the Latin American context. Following the tradition of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which in the 1980s promoted the method of unmet basic needs for measuring poverty, this publication presents a multidimensional poverty index for Latin America. Based on capabilities and rights approaches, the index complements income-based poverty measurement and offers a more comprehensive view for the design of effective public policies. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean hopes that the methodology presented here will facilitate a comparative perspective on poverty in the region, within the constraints imposed by differences in information sources, and serve as a reference for updating and improving multidimensional poverty measurements in the countries.
dc.description.tableOfContentsIntroduction .-- Chapter I. Background and basic concepts .-- Chapter II. Methodology for calculating the multidimensional poverty index for Latin America .-- Chapter III. Results of application of the multidimensional poverty index for Latin America .-- Chapter IV. Gender gaps: an analysis at the individual level .-- Chapter V. Final considerations.
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dc.format.extent153 pages
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/PUB.2025/3-P
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/86002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesMetodologías de la CEPAL
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesNo7
dc.relation.translationLanguagespa
dc.relation.translationRecordÍndice de pobreza multidimensional para América Latina
dc.relation.translationUrihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/81425
dc.subject.unbisEngPOVERTY
dc.subject.unbisEngMEASUREMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngSTATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOBREZA
dc.subject.unbisSpaMEDICION
dc.subject.unbisSpaMETODOLOGIA ESTADISTICA
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDICADORES SOCIOECONOMICOS
dc.titleMultidimensional poverty index for Latin America
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