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Homepage:	http://www.ophi.org.uk
Workplace:	Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world
   IREA Working Papers, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

2022

2. Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis
   Economics Virtual Symposium 2022, Stata Users Group
   See also Book Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (379) (2015)

2021

3. A Multi-Country Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Contexts of Forced Displacement
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
4. Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement: A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2019

5. Measuring Autonomy: Evidence from Bangladesh
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
   See also Journal Article Measuring autonomy: evidence from Bangladesh, Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
6. The Role of Inequality in Poverty Measurement
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)
7. The State of Multidimensional Child Poverty in South Asia: A Contextual and Gendered View
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (7)

2018

8. Multidimensional Poverty Measures as Relevant Policy Tools
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (3)
9. The New Global MPI 2018: Aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (35)
10. The Research Agenda on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Important and As-yet Unanswered Questions
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (8)

2017

11. Multidimensional Poverty Reduction among Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Multidimensional Poverty Reduction Among Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2016

12. Dimensional and Distributional Contributions to Multidimensional Poverty
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (14)
13. Identifying Destitution through Linked Subsets of Multidimensionally Poor: An Ordinal Approach
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (7)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2015) View citations (1)
14. Measures of Human Development: Key Concepts and Properties
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
15. Multidimensional Poverty in Europe 2006-2012: Illustrating a Methodology
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (6)

2015

16. Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (66) (2017)
17. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 10 - Some Regression Models for AF Measures
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (1)
18. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 2 - The Framework
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (181)
19. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 3 - Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (6)
20. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 4 - Counting Approaches: Definitions, Origins, and Implementations
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (9)
21. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 5 - The Alkire-Foster Counting Methodology
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (13)
22. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 6 - Normative Choices in Measurement Design
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
23. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 7 - Data and Analysis
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (184)
24. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 8 - Robustness Analysis and Statistical Inference
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (5)
25. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 9 - Distribution and Dynamics
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (182)
26. Static and Dynamic Disparities between Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Evidence from Vietnam
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (26)
    See also Chapter Static and Dynamic Disparities between Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Evidence from Vietnam, Research on Economic Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2015) View citations (25) (2015)
27. The Capability Approach and Well-Being Measurement for Public Policy
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (12)

2014

28. Did Poverty Reduction Reach the Poorest of the Poor? Assessment Methods in the Counting Approach
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)
29. Identifying the Poorest People and Groups: Strategies Using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Identifying the Poorest People and Groups: Strategies Using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
30. Measuring Chronic Multidimensional Poverty: A Counting Approach
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (18)
31. Measuring and Decomposing Inequality among the Multidimensionally Poor Using Ordinal Data: A Counting Approach
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (15)
32. Mobilising the Household Data Required to Progress toward the SDGs
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (10)
33. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 1 - Introduction
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (3)
34. Multidimensional Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Levels and Trends
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (17)
35. Social Isolation and its Relationship to Multidimensional Poverty
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Social isolation and its relationship to multidimensional poverty, Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2013

36. Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index, World Development, Elsevier (2014) View citations (303) (2014)
37. Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?, World Development, Elsevier (2015) View citations (70) (2015)
38. The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (102)
    See also Journal Article The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, World Development, Elsevier (2013) View citations (77) (2013)
39. Where do the World's Multidimensionally Poor People Live?
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (8)

2012

40. Identifying BPL Households: A Comparison of Methods
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)
41. Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
    See also Journal Article Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
42. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)

2011

43. Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics View citations (41)
    Also in Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2010) View citations (435)
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2010) View citations (470)
44. Beyond Headcount: Measures that Reflect the Breadth and Components of Child Poverty
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (30)
45. Multidimensional Poverty and its Discontents
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (21)
46. Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (175)
    Also in OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (197)
    See also Journal Article Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (203) (2011)
47. Where Did Identification Go?
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (35)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2011) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Where did identification go?, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (36) (2011)

2010

48. Designing the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (HDI)
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (40)
    Also in Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2010) View citations (47)
49. Human Development: Definitions, Critiques, and Related Concepts
    Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) View citations (60)
    Also in OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2010) View citations (62)

2009

50. Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (65)
    See also Journal Article Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (1076) (2011)
51. Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Revised and Updated)
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (23)
52. Multidimensional Poverty Measures from an Information Theory Perspective
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (21)

2008

53. Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (76)
    See also Chapter Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
54. Concepts and Measures of Agency
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (31)
55. Development: "A Misconceived Theory can Kill"
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
56. Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in India: A New Proposal
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (18)

2007

57. Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (122)
    See also Journal Article Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators, Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (133) (2007)
58. Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (6)
59. Safety and Security: A proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators of Violence
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (7)
60. The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: An Introduction
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (67)
61. Winning Ideas: Lessons from Free-market Economics
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)

2000

62. Individual Motivation, Its Nature, Determinants and Consequences for within Group Behaviour
    Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research View citations (2)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (1998) View citations (1)
    WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2000) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Moderate Multidimensional Poverty Index: Paving the Way Out of Poverty
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2023, 168, (1), 409-445 View citations (2)
2. On track or not? Projecting the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 165, (C)

2022

3. Consolidating and improving the assets indicator in the global Multidimensional Poverty Index
   World Development, 2022, 158, (C) View citations (1)
4. Correction: Dirksen, J.; Alkire, S. Children and Multidimensional Poverty: Four Measurement Strategies. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9108
   Sustainability, 2022, 14, (16), 1-2
5. Exploring China's Potential Child Poverty
   China & World Economy, 2022, 30, (1), 82-105
6. Revising the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Empirical Insights and Robustness
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68, (S2), S347-S384 View citations (9)

2021

7. Children and Multidimensional Poverty: Four Measurement Strategies
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (16), 1-36 View citations (1)
8. Examining multidimensional poverty reduction in India 2005/6–2015/16: Insights and oversights of the headcount ratio
   World Development, 2021, 142, (C) View citations (10)
9. Global multidimensional poverty and COVID-19: A decade of progress at risk?
   Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 291, (C) View citations (7)
10. Revisions of the global multidimensional poverty index: indicator options and their empirical assessment
    Oxford Development Studies, 2021, 49, (2), 169-183 View citations (5)

2019

11. Dynamics of Multidimensional Poverty and Uni-dimensional Income Poverty: An Evidence of Stability Analysis from China
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, 142, (1), 25-64 View citations (45)

2018

12. Measuring autonomy: evidence from Bangladesh
    Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 2018, 25, (2), 21-51 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Measuring Autonomy: Evidence from Bangladesh, OPHI Working Papers (2019) (2019)
13. Social isolation and its relationship to multidimensional poverty
    Oxford Development Studies, 2018, 46, (1), 83-97 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Social Isolation and its Relationship to Multidimensional Poverty, OPHI Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2017

14. Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries
    World Development, 2017, 94, (C), 232-249 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries, OPHI Working Papers (2015) View citations (20) (2015)
15. Measuring chronic multidimensional poverty
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2017, 39, (6), 983-1006 View citations (21)
16. Multidimensional Poverty Reduction Among Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Forum for Social Economics, 2017, 46, (2), 178-191 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Multidimensional Poverty Reduction among Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, OPHI Working Papers (2017) View citations (8) (2017)

2016

17. Measuring Women's Autonomy in Chad Using the Relative Autonomy Index
    Feminist Economics, 2016, 22, (1), 264-294 View citations (16)

2015

18. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index - The Mahbub Ul Haq Memorial Lecture
    The Pakistan Development Review, 2015, 54, (4), 287-299 View citations (3)
19. Identifying the Poorest People and Groups: Strategies Using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
    Journal of International Development, 2015, 27, (3), 362-387 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Identifying the Poorest People and Groups: Strategies Using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, OPHI Working Papers (2014) View citations (3) (2014)
20. Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?
    World Development, 2015, 72, (C), 93-108 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?, OPHI Working Papers (2013) View citations (13) (2013)

2014

21. Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
    World Development, 2014, 59, (C), 251-274 View citations (303)
    See also Working Paper Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index, OPHI Working Papers (2013) View citations (17) (2013)

2013

22. A Multidimensional Approach: Poverty Measurement & Beyond
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, 112, (2), 239-257 View citations (68)
23. Multidimensional Poverty and the Post-2015 MDGs
    Development, 2013, 56, (1), 46-51 View citations (10)
24. Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, 112, (2), 417-446 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India, OPHI Working Papers (2012) (2012)
25. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
    World Development, 2013, 52, (C), 71-91 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index, OPHI Working Papers (2013) View citations (102) (2013)

2011

26. Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 476-487 View citations (1076)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 476-487 (2011) View citations (1112)
    See also Working Paper Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, OPHI Working Papers (2009) View citations (65) (2009)
27. Mesurer la pauvreté multidimensionnelle: les limites
    Revue d’économie du développement, 2011, 19, (2), 61-104 View citations (1)
28. Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (2), 289-314 View citations (203)
    See also Working Paper Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, Working Papers (2011) View citations (175) (2011)
29. Where did identification go?
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (3), 501-505 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Where Did Identification Go?, OPHI Working Papers (2011) View citations (35) (2011)

2007

30. Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators
    Oxford Development Studies, 2007, 35, (4), 379-403 View citations (133)
    See also Working Paper Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators, OPHI Working Papers (2007) View citations (122) (2007)
31. The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: Introduction to the Special Issue
    Oxford Development Studies, 2007, 35, (4), 347-359 View citations (61)

2005

32. Subjective Quantitative Studies of Human Agency
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2005, 74, (1), 217-260 View citations (61)
33. Supporting the MDGs: A faith-based movement's story
    Development, 2005, 48, (1), 122-125
34. Why the Capability Approach?
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2005, 6, (1), 115-135 View citations (97)

2002

35. Dimensions of Human Development
    World Development, 2002, 30, (2), 181-205 View citations (203)

1997

36. A practical reasoning theory of development ethhics: furthering the capabilities approach
    Journal of International Development, 1997, 9, (2), 263-279 View citations (18)

Books

2015

1. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (379)
   See also Working Paper Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis, Economics Virtual Symposium 2022, Stata Users Group (2022) (2022)

2014

2. Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
   IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (20)

2005

3. Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (41)
   Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2002) View citations (121)

Edited books

2010

1. The Capability Approach
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (5)

2008

2. The Capability Approach
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (112)

Chapters

2023

1. Winning Ideas: Lessons from Free-Market Economics for the Economics of Francesco
   Springer

2021

2. Multidimensional Poverty and Inclusive Growth in India: An Analysis Using Growth Elasticities and Semi-elasticities
   A chapter in Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Shocks, 2021, vol. 29, pp 105-137

2017

3. Did Poverty Reduction Reach the Poorest of the Poor? Complementary Measures of Poverty and Inequality in the Counting Approach
   A chapter in Research on Economic Inequality, 2017, vol. 25, pp 63-102 View citations (3)
4. Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in China: 2010 to 2014
   A chapter in Research on Economic Inequality, 2017, vol. 25, pp 161-228 View citations (6)

2015

5. Static and Dynamic Disparities between Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Evidence from Vietnam
   A chapter in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Economic Mobility, 2015, vol. 23, pp 249-281 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper Static and Dynamic Disparities between Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Evidence from Vietnam, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2015) View citations (26) (2015)

2013

6. Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (76) (2008)

2009

7. Amartya Sen
   Chapter 63 in Handbook of Economics and Ethics, 2009