Vaz, AnaHammock, JohnBestin, SamuelVollmer, FrankSmith, Harriet ElizabethDirksen, JakobEvans, MayaPinilla-Roncancio, MónicaRosa-Clavijo, FelipeCarolina Moreno2021-01-182021-01-182020-12-01http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59663Spanish version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThe Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) uses a multidimensional poverty approach for their work. Sida has been restructuring development financing in light of how COVID-19 impacts people living in poverty. In this interview, lead economist at Sida, Elina Scheja talks about the framework and the way it is operationalized in the field. The four dimensions of poverty that are defined (and monitored and assessed) are: resources; choice; power and voice; and human security. The framework embraces complexity, allowing theories of change to be developed in order to break siloed divisions and poverty traps.application/pdfenPOVERTY MEASUREMENTCOVID-19INDICATORSPOVERTY INDEXIMPOVERISHMENTVULNERABILITY INDEXTHEORY OF CHANGEDEVELOPMENT FINANCECOMPLEXITYDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGKNOWLEDGE NETWORKSGLOBALJournal Article (peer-reviewed)