Multidimensional poverty and economic development in developing countries

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380341
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University
• Principal Investigator: Ueyama Mika 龍谷大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90635640)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 貧困 / 途上国 / サブサハラ・アフリカ / 南アジア / ジェンダー / 教育 / 保健 / MDGｓ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the multifaceted characteristics of poverty such as income (consumption), education, health condition and gender differences, in developing countries. The study mainly focused on South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa where income (consumption) poverty was the most serious. This study also investigated how the characteristics of poverty changed with the process of the economic development.
In recent ten years, education and health output measures such as school enrollment and immunization rates were improved rapidly in many developing countries including the LDC. These improvement caused mainly by the international actions for the MDGs achievement. The tendency of such improvement is not strongly correlated with the process of economic development. We need a longer-term viewpoint for the improvement of health and education outcome and gender discrimination.

Free Research Field

開発経済学