Where Are We in the Global Poverty Measurement? The Human Minimum Model as a Veritable Option
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2308669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan O Chimakonam (0000-0001-8913-1434, University of Pretoria) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 509-521 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021909619885961 |
| OpenAlex | W2984035347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
A dominant conception of poverty among many researchers is that it is a form of deprivation. There is, however, more focus on the idea of poverty as physical deprivation than there is on psychological deprivation. I argue that poverty is as much a psychological deprivation as it is a physical deprivation and propose a new index that explicitly takes the psychological into account in poverty measurement. I show that most extant literature tends to focus more on physical deprivations which poverty causes. I discuss some poverty indices which are employed to measure levels of poverty and highlight their inadequacy. Employing the conversational method, I tap into Odera Oruka's ideas to offer the Human Minimum Measure (HMM) as a model that might also be desirable if the reality of psychological deprivation is taken seriously
Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extant taxon · Focus (optics · Index (typography · Measure (data warehouse · Positive economics · Poverty · Public economics · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |