Authors: Scott Wisor, Joanne Crawford, Sharon Besselland Janet Hunt
Publication date: 23 April 2015
Most experts now agree that monetary poverty measurement should be complemented by multidimensional measurements. The individual, not the household, should be the unit of analysis. Poverty measurement should reflect the views and priorities of poor people. And in so far as possible, measurement should provide meaningful comparisons across contexts and over time. Enter the Individual Deprivation Measure.
