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dc.contributor.authorBahyl, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorPtasinska, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorRoos, Daniel
dc.contributor.editorNeupane, Suman
dc.contributor.editorRoca, Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-16T08:06:44Z
dc.date.available2020-01-16T08:06:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1837-7750
dc.identifier.otherRePEc:gri:epaper:economics:201407
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390359
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the progress of poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa using multidimensional indices. The Human Development Index (HDI) produced by the United Nations considers aspects of human development in income, health and education. This study seeks to offers an addition, with similar calculations, of the composition of variables to also include technology and gender equality. The index is applied to 40 countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. By observing the changes in the index between the years of 2005 and 2010, we find our index shows remarkable improvement in human development over the period. We conclude that multivariate wellbeing in Africa appears to have been improving, although there is evidence of continuing divergence between already well performing countries and those lagging behind.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto11
dc.subject.keywordsI32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
dc.subject.keywordsMultidimensional Development Indices
dc.subject.keywordsSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subject.keywordsWellbeing
dc.title2014-07: Trends in the distribution of multidimensional development indices in Sub-Saharan Africa (Working paper)
dc.typeReport
dc.type.descriptionDiscussion Paper
gro.facultyGriffith Business School
gro.description.notepublicEconomics and Business Statistics
gro.rights.copyrightCopyright © 2010 by author(s). No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior permission of the author(s).
gro.date.issued2014
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gro.griffith.authorPtasinska, Katarzyna
gro.griffith.authorRoos, Daniel


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