Report

Measuring poverty in Thailand

An assessment of the monetary and multidimensional poverty measures

A young child with short hair is sitting on a wooden surface, holding and comforting a toddler wrapped in a cream-colored blanket. A piece of red fabric, possibly a cloth or garment, is draped on the short-haired child's lap. The setting appears to be an outdoor area with scattered items such as a bucket, shoes, and plates, suggesting a modest or impoverished environment. The toddler looks directly at the camera. — UNICEF Thailand/2011/Athit

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Highlights

Thailand has developed one of the most comprehensive and sophisticated food ratio monetary poverty measures in the world and some of the best multidimensional poverty measures. This report assesses the reliability and validity of Thailand’s official monetary poverty measure and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures.