Evaluation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index In the Urban Society of Iran

Eradication of poverty and deprivation incidences are de facto, deemed to be one of the most significant tasks of any government. Investigation and analysis of income poverty line and the indices derived from it, as the acclaimed and conventional methods for mitigation and supervision of poverty have always been the matter of interest for policy makers, in toto. In this context, the "Multidimensional Poverty Approach" can be de jure postulated as the complementary apparatus to test the poverty incidence more accurately. In this paper, as attempt is made to estimate and investigate the Multidimensional Poverty phenomenon in the urban society of Iran, in consonance with the Alkire and Foster Methodology, for the period 1391-1396. Hence, for this purpose, we have predicated six indices of Standard of Living, Literacy Rate, Housing, Malnutrition, Employment and Medical Insurance Services for estimation of Multidimensional Poverty, Ipso facto. However, to delineate a precise and transparant scenario of poverty condition in the society, these indices have been further disintegrated and per se specified as, city groups, the employment status of family heads and the gender of household heads. Besides, the share of each component in the Multidimensional Poverty Index has been estimated and in turn the relations between the calculated index and the concerned income groups have been evaluated. The results prima facie indicate that the Multidimensional Poverty Index has been diminished during the period under the study, Pro rata. Moreover, the results derived from the disintegration of index have stipulated that in small cities and for the female headed households and also the overpopulated households, the intensity of poverty is greater than the condition in which the household heads are indulged in the industrial activities, A fortiori. Nonetheless, we have observed that the Multidimensional Poverty Index has experienced the rise during the course of time and among the low income groups, Sine qua non.