Uma análise da pobreza multidimensional na região nordeste do Brasil: perspectivas para a sua redução

Abstract

The present paper aims to present new perspectives for the understanding of multidimensional poverty in the Northeast region of Brazil in the years 2006 to 2012. A methodology constructed by Bourguignon and Chakravarty (2003) was used, in which it presents a new alternative way of measuring the Multidimensionality of poverty. With data taken from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD). The results of the six dimensions analyzed showed a reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor of the Northeastern population, from 27.78% in 2006 to 24.18% in 2012. For the isolated analyzes of the metropolitan, urban and rural regions, it was verified that Poverty was more intense in the rural region. And among the states of the region the most serious deprivation situation are in Maranhão and Piauí.