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New weighting scheme for the dimensions in multidimensional poverty indices

Belhadj Besma, 2012

Economics Letters, 116, 3, 304-307, Décembre 2012

Résumé

By now, there is a wide range of methods to construct multidimensional well-being indices, differing in the way they transform, aggregate and weight the relevant dimensions. This paper uses a fuzzy theory approach to propose a new weighting scheme for the dimensions. These weights play a crucial role in determining the trade-offs between the dimensions.