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Robust pro-poorest poverty reduction with counting measures: the anonymous case

The talk explores conditions under which a poverty reduction experience is robustly more “pro-poor” than another one, in the context of counting measures of multidimensional poverty 

Multidimensional poverty and inequality

The talk focuses on the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2014 results for Africa 

Multidimensional poverty measurement for EU-SILC countries

The talk seeks to illustrate the kinds of analyses that could be possible by implementing an AF methodology using limited variables across cross-sectional EU-SILC data from the period 2006-2012. 

Multidimensional poverty and inclusive growth in India: An analysis using growth elasticities

The talk explores why India has higher economic growth than neighbours, growth in MPI is has been much slower by examining three types of inclusiveness and elasticities to study responsiveness 

The Art, the (Social) Science and the Politics of Building State Capability for Implementation

The talk addresses an apparent paradox between development indicators that seem to be improving and measures of institutional quality that are flat or declining