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of poverty are lower than those emanating from the AF approach. When the
items of deprivation are not structured by dimension the observed differences
become more significant. Besides, these differences also show the tendency
pronounced by the approach AF to overestimate the incidence of poverty in
comparison with the fuzzy logic approach. Straightaway, by referring to the
approach of Bourguinon and Chakravarty (2002), the multidimensional indices
of poverty obtained while showing a sensibility important for the weighting
schemes, they remain lower than those obtained according to the AF method.

Graph 3: Comparison of headcount ratio between AF method and Bourguinon & Chakravarty
method. Factors structured by dimension (%)

Source: Author’s calculation
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Graph 4: Headcount ratio of poverty according to fuzzy logic method
Sensibility of measure to weighting schemes

Source: Author’s calculation

7 According to fuzzy logic method, a household is considered poor if it accumulates at least
30 % of the deprivations among the dimensions determining the well-being.

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