Multidimensional Poverty in Mountainous Regions Shan and Chin in Myanmar

• Published in: Social indicators research Vol. 138; no. 1; pp. 23 - 44
• Main Authors: Mohanty, Sanjay K, Rasul, Golam, Mahapatra, Bidhubhusan, Choudhury, Dhrupad, Tuladhar, Sabarnee, Holmgren, E. Valdemar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.07.2018; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accounts; Antipoverty programs; Averages; Consumption; Death & dying; Deprivation; Education; Educational attainment; Health education; Healthy food; Households; Human Geography; Livestock; Low income groups; Microeconomics; Mountain regions; Mountains; Poverty; Program Implementation; Public Health; Quality of Life Research; Regions; Rural areas; Rural communities; Social research; Social Sciences; Sociology; Vulnerability; Myanmar (Burma); Mountain regions; Myanmar; Multidimensional poverty index; Shan; Poverty assessment; Chin; Multidimensional poverty

Poverty is complex and multidimensional. People living in mountainous regions are vulnerable and more likely to experience multiple deprivation. However, few studies have addressed multidimensional poverty in mountainous regions. Using data from 4290 households of poverty and vulnerability assessmen...