Where are we in the global poverty measurement? The human minimum model as a veritable option
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Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke
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Sage
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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.
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Poverty, Human minimum, Poverty measure, Physical deprivations, Psychological deprivations
Sustainable Development Goals
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Chimakonam J.O. Where Are We in the Global Poverty Measurement? The Human Minimum Model as a Veritable Option. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 2020;55(4):509-521. doi:10.1177/0021909619885961.