| ID | 172347 |
| Title Proper | Where are we in the global poverty measurement? the human minimum model as a veritable option |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chimakonam, Jonathan O |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 55, No.4; Jun 2020: p.509–521 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2020-06 55, 4 |
| Key Words | Poverty ; Human Minimum ; Poverty Measure ; Physical Deprivations ; Psychological Deprivations |