Question 1

What percentage of median income is commonly used to assess relative poverty lines?

Accepted Answer

A)  30 per cent 
B)  40 per cent 
C)  50 per cent 
D)  60 per cent 
E)  70 per cent 
A)  30 per cent 
B)  40 per cent 
C)  50 per cent 
D)  60 per cent 
E)  70 per cent

Question 2

The Human Development Index measures health, education, and living standards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is the final step in measuring poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fund local service providers 
B)  Monitor progress 
C)  Report on best practices 
D)  Adopt poverty reduction measures 
E)  Test results with another indicator 
A)  Fund local service providers 
B)  Monitor progress 
C)  Report on best practices 
D)  Adopt poverty reduction measures 
E)  Test results with another indicator

Question 4

According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index, what percentage of the combined population in the 105 countries covered lived in poverty in 2018?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 per cent 
B)  45 per cent 
C)  23 per cent 
D)  50 per cent 
E)  66 per cent 
A)  10 per cent 
B)  45 per cent 
C)  23 per cent 
D)  50 per cent 
E)  66 per cent

Question 5

What is the capability approach and how is it different than the monetary approach?

Accepted Answer

While the capability approach was mostly

Question 6

What is the poverty gap index?

Accepted Answer

The poverty gap index provides insight i

Question 7

Where has extreme poverty decreased most markedly over the past three decades?

Accepted Answer

A)  China and India 
B)  Colombia 
C)  Bhutan 
D)  Pakistan and Uganda 
E)  South Africa 
A)  China and India 
B)  Colombia 
C)  Bhutan 
D)  Pakistan and Uganda 
E)  South Africa

Question 8

How are the international poverty lines established?

Accepted Answer

National poverty lines will be different

Question 9

What does the poverty gap index provide insight into?

Accepted Answer

A)  How deep poverty is 
B)  Individual shortfalls from the poverty line 
C)  How many people live in poverty 
D)  How severe poverty is 
E)  How big the gap is between the poor and non-poor 
A)  How deep poverty is 
B)  Individual shortfalls from the poverty line 
C)  How many people live in poverty 
D)  How severe poverty is 
E)  How big the gap is between the poor and non-poor

Question 10

What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index?

Accepted Answer

The MPI was developed by the Oxford Pove

Question 11

Why is the monetary measure assessed on how much one consumes instead of how much one earns?

Accepted Answer

Given the complexities involved in judgi

Question 12

Monetary poverty measurement is a direct approach to poverty measurement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How has the absolute poverty line been critiqued?

Accepted Answer

Critics of absolute poverty lines have a

Question 14

Poverty is in the "eye of the beholder".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Poverty has a specific definition that is universally accepted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

While multi-dimensional poverty approaches remain dominant, monetary measures are increasingly being adopted to inform policy formulation at the national level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Monetary approaches to poverty focus on monetary resources as an indicator of living standards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What kind of data was used in Colombia's MPI to create poverty policies at the municipal level?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individual Deprivation Measures 
B)  Ethnographic data 
C)  Local polling data 
D)  Housing data 
E)  Census data 
A)  Individual Deprivation Measures 
B)  Ethnographic data 
C)  Local polling data 
D)  Housing data 
E)  Census data

Question 19

Poverty measurement is crucial for informing policy-making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Rwanda demonstrates the possible dissonance between poverty measures and experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

What percentage of median income is commonly used to assess relative poverty lines?

The Human Development Index measures health, education, and living standards.

What is the final step in measuring poverty?

According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index, what percentage of the combined population in the 105 countries covered lived in poverty in 2018?

What is the capability approach and how is it different than the monetary approach?

What is the poverty gap index?

Where has extreme poverty decreased most markedly over the past three decades?

How are the international poverty lines established?

What does the poverty gap index provide insight into?

What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index?

Why is the monetary measure assessed on how much one consumes instead of how much one earns?

Monetary poverty measurement is a direct approach to poverty measurement.

How has the absolute poverty line been critiqued?

Poverty is in the "eye of the beholder".

Poverty has a specific definition that is universally accepted.

While multi-dimensional poverty approaches remain dominant, monetary measures are increasingly being adopted to inform policy formulation at the national level.

Monetary approaches to poverty focus on monetary resources as an indicator of living standards.

What kind of data was used in Colombia's MPI to create poverty policies at the municipal level?

Poverty measurement is crucial for informing policy-making.

Rwanda demonstrates the possible dissonance between poverty measures and experiences.

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