Abstract

ORTIZ BENAVIDES, Edinson  and  NUNEZ VELAZQUEZ, José Javier. Contributions for the construction of a global measure of poverty: The case of Colombia 2011-2017. Desarro. soc. [online]. 2019, n.83, pp.263-305. ISSN 0120-3584.  https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.83.7.

Poverty, as one of the constraints of social welfare, is among the greatest concerns of countries, multilateral agencies, and society in general. How­ever, international academic consensus regarding the concept, measurement, and international comparability remains distant. As such, this paper seeks to approximate positions on the subject, and propose an indicator that can over­come one-dimensional visions of a polyhedral and multicultural phenome­non. In light of the results, and using data from 121,802 households from the 2012-2017 National Quality of Life Survey, it was evident that in six years, Colombia reduced its incidence of poverty by 7.2 percentage points, the gap by 1.1, and inequality by 1 percentage point, with rural areas and households being affected more frequently.

Keywords : Living conditions; inequality; ethnicity; Colombia.

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