...Magloire Thiombiano; Yentema Namountougou Purpose This paper analyses the effect of renewable energy (RE) consumption on multidimensional poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach The finite mixture model (FMM), which accounts for the specificities of each country in terms...

..., the study has utilized correlation and Tobit regression analysis to show the relationship between MWPI and MPI. Findings The empirical findings suggest that there is a positive and significant relationship between multidimensional poverty and water poverty, with the extent of relationship being greater...

...Raheem Olatunji Aminu; Wei Si; Shakirat Bolatito Ibrahim; Aisha Olushola Arowolo; Adefunke Fadilat O. Ayinde Purpose This paper evaluates the impact of socio and demographic factors on the multidimensional poverty of smallholder arable crop farming households in Nigeria. Design/methodology...

...Asim Iqbal; Anjum Siddiqui; Maryam Zafar Purpose The study seeks to examine the extent and the causes of multidimensional poverty as opposed to the traditional unidimensional headcount poverty measures to understand the true face of economic deprivation in Punjab, Pakistan. Design/methodology...

...Tiken Das Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of credit access on income and multidimensional poverty by providing an econometric framework. Design/methodology/approach The study is conducted in Assam, India and uses a quasi-experiment design to gather primary data...

...Lungile Ntsalaze; Sylvanus Ikhide Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the existence of critical tipping points for explanatory variables (age, government grants, education and household size) – in particular, household debt service-to-income on multidimensional poverty. Design...

...Abimbola Oluyemisi Adepoju; Oluwatofunmi Ibukun Akinluyi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the use of family planning and its link with multidimensional poverty in rural Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The Alkire and Foster measure of poverty as well...

... decomposition in order to determine the largest contributor to gender inequality. Dr Yélé Maweki Batana can be contacted at: ybatana@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Education Employment Gender inequality Housing Access to credit Multidimensional poverty Basic...

... as non‐poor using different measures of multidimensional poverty. Similarly, more than 62 per cent of individuals who live on more than 1.25USD/day (i.e. non‐poor) are classified as poor using different measures of multidimensional deprivation. There is some level of correlation between measures, some...