Abstract:
This paper aimed to analyze poverty considering economic functionings, human capital, infrastructure and the environment in the state of Ceará in a multidimensional optical. In analysis of the results, it can be observed that the Multidimensional Poverty Index (IPM) to the state decreased over years studied, but the environmental functioning was that less contributed to the improvement of the index, concluding that the improvement in the index of Ceará will occur with the expansion of policies dealing with drought.
Key words:
Ceará’s counties; Functionings; Multidimensional Poverty Index
