Who Is Poorest? An Asset‐based Analysis of Multidimensional Wellbeing. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wietzke, Frank‐Borge
• Is Part Of: Development policy review. Volume 33:Number 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 33
• Page End: 59
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12091
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-6764

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Recent studies have endorsed asset‐based approaches as a strategy for attaining the Millennium Development Goals. This article discusses asset indices as a diagnostic tool for these policies, systematically breaking them down into separate dimensions of private household wealth and basic public‐goods access and discussing how shortfalls in public‐goods supply can be related to deprivations in basic human capabilities under the asset framework. It then illustrates how asset indices can be used for the targeting of public infrastructure investments and private asset‐accumulation policies, with the help of a detailed case study of deprivations in household wealth and public‐service supply in Madagascar.</p> </abstract>