An advantage of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) over the Human Poverty Index (HPI) is that: (a) It adds up separate deprivations for the whole country, then takes averages, and then combines them. (b) It provides the sum of the difference between the poverty line and actual income levels of all people living below that line. (c) It gives the proportion of a country’s population living below the poverty line. (d) It takes into account that there are negative interaction effects when people have multiple deprivations

An advantage of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) over the Human Poverty Index (HPI) is that: (a) It adds up separate deprivations for the whole country, then takes averages, and then combines them. (b) It provides the sum of the difference between the poverty line and actual income levels of all people living below that line. (c) It gives the proportion of a country’s population living below the poverty line. (d) It takes into account that there are negative interaction effects when people have multiple deprivations

Micro Economics For Today

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Author:Tucker, Irvin B.

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Chapter12: Income Distribution, Poverty, And Discrimination

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