Sabina Alkire
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Sabina Alkire is a development economist known for her pioneering work on multidimensional poverty measurement and co-creating the global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
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| Sabina Alkire canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2001148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sabina Alkire Context triple: [Multidimensional Poverty Index, associatedWith, Sabina Alkire]
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Amy Finkelstein
Amy Finkelstein is an American economist known for her influential research on health insurance, public finance, and the impact of government policy on healthcare markets.
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Yolanda Kakabadse
Yolanda Kakabadse is an Ecuadorian environmentalist and former president of both the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), known for her global leadership in conservation and sustainable development.
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Victoria A. Espinel
Victoria A. Espinel is an American intellectual property policy expert who became the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, informally known as the "IP Czar."
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D.
Andrea Sperling
Andrea Sperling is an American film producer known for her work on independent and art-house films, including the acclaimed romantic drama "Like Crazy."
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E.
Alison R. Rosenzweig
Alison R. Rosenzweig is a film producer best known for her work on genre and horror projects, including the 2011 remake of "Fright Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sabina Alkire Target entity description: Sabina Alkire is a development economist known for her pioneering work on multidimensional poverty measurement and co-creating the global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
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A.
Amy Finkelstein
Amy Finkelstein is an American economist known for her influential research on health insurance, public finance, and the impact of government policy on healthcare markets.
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B.
Yolanda Kakabadse
Yolanda Kakabadse is an Ecuadorian environmentalist and former president of both the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), known for her global leadership in conservation and sustainable development.
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C.
Victoria A. Espinel
Victoria A. Espinel is an American intellectual property policy expert who became the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, informally known as the "IP Czar."
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D.
Andrea Sperling
Andrea Sperling is an American film producer known for her work on independent and art-house films, including the acclaimed romantic drama "Like Crazy."
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E.
Alison R. Rosenzweig
Alison R. Rosenzweig is a film producer best known for her work on genre and horror projects, including the 2011 remake of "Fright Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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development economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appliesMethodTo | multidimensional poverty indices ⓘ |
| approach | capability approach to poverty ⓘ |
| basedIn | Oxford ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf |
Multidimensional Poverty Index
ⓘ
surface form:
global Multidimensional Poverty Index
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| coDeveloperOf | Alkire-Foster method ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
design of national multidimensional poverty indices
ⓘ
global debate on poverty measurement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
capability approach
ⓘ
development economics ⓘ human development ⓘ poverty measurement ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | doctorate in economics ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
Alkire-Foster method
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surface form:
Alkire-Foster counting approach
|
| hasWorkedWith |
James Foster
ⓘ
United Nations Development Programme ⓘ
surface form:
UN Development Programme
governments in developing countries ⓘ international development agencies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Amartya Sen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Alkire-Foster method
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co-creating the global Multidimensional Poverty Index ⓘ multidimensional poverty measurement ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Sabina Alkire self-link ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative ⓘ |
| publicationTopic |
human development and capabilities
ⓘ
measurement methodologies ⓘ multidimensional poverty ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
capabilities and functionings
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human development indices ⓘ inequality ⓘ measurement of poverty ⓘ |
| worksAt | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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