In order to contribute to providing a methodology to ensure objectivity and transparency
in the measurement of multidimensional poverty, this paper proposes a new threshold
for the identification of the multidimensional poor which is also applicable to each of
the dimensions of poverty, suitable for identifying the severely poor in developed
countries. This new methodology is applied to analyse the evolution of material
deprivation in Spain during the period of economic crisis, comparing the results with
those obtained using other traditional approaches.
