Basic Necessities Survey
The Basic Necessities Survey (BNS) is a participatory and rights-oriented approach to the Measuring poverty, measurement of poverty. It has been most widely used by Non-governmental organization, non-government organisations working with local communities on nature conservation issues in developing economies. It is a specific type of Multidimensional Poverty Index, multidimensional measure of poverty, with its origins in research on "consensual" definitions of poverty. Definition and construction As first described in 1998: A focus group is used to generate a menu of items and activities that people may think are "basic necessities". Such a list should include items whose likely status as necessities is unclear, as well as those seen as more likely to be seen as necessities A representative sample of households in a community is then surveyed, asking two types of questions: 1. "''Which of the items on this list do you think are basic necessities which everyone should have an ...
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Measuring Poverty
Poverty is measured in different ways by different bodies, both governmental and nongovernmental. Measurements can be absolute, which references a single standard, or relative, which is dependent on context. Poverty is widely understood to be multidimensional, comprising social, natural and economic factors situated within wider socio-political processes. The capabilities approach argues that capturing the perceptions of poor people is fundamental to understanding poverty. The main poverty line used in the OECD and the European Union is a relative poverty measure based on 60% of the median household income. The United States uses an absolute poverty measure based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "economy food plan", adjusted for inflation. The World Bank also defines poverty in absolute terms. It defines '' extreme poverty'' as living on less than US$1.90 per day. ( PPP), and ''moderate poverty'' as less than $3.10 a day. It has been estimated that in 2008, 1.4 bill ...
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