Human Development Index and Multidimensional Poverty Index: Evidence on their Reliability and Validity

Beja, Edsel Jr. (2021): Human Development Index and Multidimensional Poverty Index: Evidence on their Reliability and Validity.

Abstract

The paper tests the reliability and the validity of the Human Development Index (HDI) from the United Nations Development Programme and the Multidimen-sional Poverty Index (MPI) from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative. The results indicate that there is strong reliability within metric; and that there is strong validity between metrics. The findings imply that both HDI—more specifically, the inverse, (1-HDI)—and MPI embody equivalent descriptions about the level of human development or the lack of it.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Human Development Index, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Reliability, Validity
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C4 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics > C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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