Measuring poverty, its reduction and development
Written by Theo Ebbers Thursday, 26 May 2011 12:25
The increasing number of tools and approaches to measure development is probably nothing more than a reflection of the myriad definitions of development. For years, the use of macroeconomic indicators such as GDP have been discredited, but they are still widely used.
The linked article "How would you measure development progress?" introduces a range of new approaches, tried out and tested by various development organizations and governments.
With this post, we would like to pass on this question to our visitors and to our Alliance partners and re-phrase the article's last paragraph:
What do you make of these different tools? Which of these might be appropriate for the Alliance to measure poverty and the impacts the Alliance has on its reduction?
How would you define and measure progress?
Tell us what you think.
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