With the evolution of human development paradigm, the multidimensional nature of poverty has been acknowledged cutting across the disciplines; among economist, development professionals and other social scientist and put in the development agenda. However, the measurement and application of multidimensional poverty is still limited. While researchers commonly agree in specifying the poverty line of each dimension, they differ in aggregating the multiple dimensions into a single index, the use of methods and the unit of analyses. In the context of developing countries, the application is further limited due to lack of empirical evidences. India, with sustained economic growth in the last two decade had been successful in reducing money metric poverty but not hunger and deprivation. Although the official estimates of poverty acknowledge the multidimensionality of poverty, they continue to derive poverty based on consumption expenditure. Evidence in India shows that about half the women are anaemic and 43 percent of children are under weight for age. Drawing from the National Family Heath Survey (NFHS), the aim of Dr Sanjay Kumar Mohanty's research is to measure multidimensionality of poverty and to understand the characteristics of abject poor, poor and non-poor in India. This research also links the state of child health and health care utilization by poverty status of households.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mohanty is CR Parekh visiting fellow at the Asia Research Centre. He is associate professor at International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India. Dr Mohanty has received various awards and fellowships including the Chandrasekaran Award and the first K.B. Pathak award by the Indian Association for Study of Population (IASP). His areas of interest are demography of poverty, measurement of multidimensional poverty, inequality in health and health care, economics of ageing and contemporary developmental issues. He has authored over two dozen research papers in national and international peer reviewed journals.

Dr Ruth Kattumuriis co-director of the Asia Research Centre and India Observatory, LSE

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