Poverty in the West focuses on monetary wealth and material possessions. Under this definition, many parts of the developing world are classified as impoverished. For purposes of validity, there is a need for a poverty metric that recognizes the complexities of local cultures and lifestyles. Using Martin Burt’s non-traditional Poverty Stoplight methodology, our team worked with the community of Akyem Dwenase in the Eastern Region of Ghana to develop a well-being survey that reflects community standards of success and areas of improvement. We used co-design and participatory approaches to mobilize the survey, and in so doing critically contextualized poverty, identified areas of need, and proposed preliminary solutions to the Poverty Stoplight metric which could be applied throughout rural Ghana.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Wright, Ian
• Riad, Salma
• Smith, Chiara
• Beaver, Owen

Subject

• Food
• Security
• Health
• Infrastructure
• Learning
• Well-Being
• Community
• Environment
• Water
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 118824
• E-project-031724-180345

Keyword

• Poverty Stoplight
• Poverty
• Ethnography
• Multidimensional Poverty Indicator
• Rural
• Ghana

Advisor

• Ismael, Achirri

Year

• 2024

Center

• Ghana Project Center: Development Design Lab - IQP

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 1 - No Poverty
• 2 - Zero Hunger
• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 4 - Quality Education
• 5 - Gender Equality
• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2024-03-17

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-031724-180345

Rights statement

• In Copyright