Multidimensional Poverty in Mauritania

The paper provides an in-depth analysis of the prevalence, distribution (geographical and by gender, among other household socio-economic characteristics), and severity of multidimensional poverty in Mauritania. The paper makes use of the Arab Multidimensional Poverty Index Methodology and data from the Mauritania MICS (2011), a survey conducted by the League of Arab States.

It is one of several country profiles prepared by ESCWA as background papers for the Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report making use of the new Multidimensional Poverty Index proposed for the Arab Region.

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