Pobreza no estado do Ceará urbano: uma análise multidimensional (2006-2013)

Abstract

This paper aims to present new perspectives for the understanding of multidimensional poverty in Ceará urban in the years 2006 to 2013 built by Bourguignon and Chakravarty (2003), which has been used a new alternative way to measure the multidimensionality of poverty. With data from the National Survey by Household Sampling (PNAD). The results of the six dimensions reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor the Ceará urban population analyzed revealed a reduction of 26.31% in 2006 to 21.71% in 2013, the multidimensional poverty, as that presented a downward trend during the study period. It can be inferred that to reduce the multidimensional poverty Ceará urban population, one must adopt public policies aimed specifically at the dimensions that most impact poverty, namely: education, work and demographics, communication and information, and health.