Socioeconomic & Academic Frameworks

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Expected: Q2 2026

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Overview

This domain addresses foundational challenges in development economics and social measurement—how to quantify complex, multidimensional phenomena like poverty, human development, and inequality in ways that support both research rigor and policy relevance.

Technical Approach

Problems Addressed

Aggregation bias in poverty measurement — Single-dimension metrics (income alone) miss deprivations that don’t correlate with consumption
Within-group heterogeneity — National averages obscure subnational and demographic variation that matters for targeting
Climate-development tradeoffs — Sectoral policies interact across domains; isolated analysis produces misleading guidance
Temporal dynamics — Static snapshots miss how households move in and out of deprivation over time

Methodological Foundations

Our frameworks build on established, peer-reviewed methodologies:

Method	Application	Key References
Alkire-Foster	Multidimensional poverty measurement with flexible cutoffs and decomposition	Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
UNDP Composite Indices	HDI, IHDI, GDI, GII computation with inequality adjustment	UN Human Development Reports methodology
Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)	Economy-wide accounting linking production, income, and expenditure	IFPRI, World Bank GTAP
Integrated Assessment Models	Climate-economy interaction (DICE, GCAM-style approaches)	Nordhaus, JGCRI
CGE-Microsimulation Linking	Macro shocks traced to household-level welfare impacts	World Bank GIDD methodology

Analysis Outputs

Scalar indices — MPI, HDI, SPI, and custom composite measures with confidence bounds
Decompositions — By dimension, demographic group, administrative unit, and time period
Projections — Forward scenarios under policy and climate assumptions
Contribution analysis — Which deprivations drive aggregate poverty in each context
Targeting diagnostics — Identification of high-priority populations and intervention points

Appropriate Applications

SDG monitoring and progress tracking
National poverty assessment and strategy development
Climate adaptation planning with equity considerations
Program targeting and resource allocation
Academic research on multidimensional welfare
Grant proposals requiring rigorous measurement frameworks

Planned Capabilities

Multidimensional Poverty Indices

Automated computation with demographic decomposition
Alkire-Foster methodology implementation
Spatial and temporal analysis across administrative units

Human Development Indicators

SDG-aligned indicator computation and monitoring
Inequality-adjusted metrics (IHDI, GDI, GII)
Sub-national and intersectional disaggregation

Integrated Assessment

Climate-equity integration for adaptation planning
Cross-sector impact modeling (education, health, income)
Long-horizon projection with explicit uncertainty bounds

Development Status

Component	Status
Index computation engine	In Development
Data pipeline infrastructure	Design Phase
Validation protocols	Not Started
Documentation	Not Started

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