Composite Indices of Development and Poverty: An Application to MDGs

被引：102

作者：

De Muro, Pasquale ^{[1
]}

Mazziotta, Matteo ^{[2
]}

Pareto, Adriano ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

[2] Italian Natl Inst Stat, Rome, Italy

来源：

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2011年 / 104卷 / 01期

关键词：

Composite indices; Development; Poverty; Ranking;

D O I：

10.1007/s11205-010-9727-z

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The measurement of development or poverty as multidimensional phenomena is very difficult because there are several theoretical, methodological and empirical problems involved. The literature of composite indicators offers a wide variety of aggregation methods, all with their pros and cons. In this paper, we propose a new, alternative composite index denoted as MPI (Mazziotta-Pareto Index) which, starting from a linear aggregation, introduces penalties for the countries or geographical areas with 'unbalanced' values of the indicators. As an example of application of the MPI, we consider a set of indicators in order to measure the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and we present a comparison between HDI (Human Development Index) methodology, HPI (Human Poverty Index) methodology and MPI.

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