TITLE:
Defining Poverty Using Dominance-Based Rough Set Theory and Proposing Strategic Objectives for the United Nations Developing Countries
AUTHORS:
Jean-Charles Marin, Bryan Trudel, Kazimierz Zaras
KEYWORDS:
International Development, International Aid, Economic Growth, Strategic Objectives, Rough Set Theory, Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach (DRSA), Selection of Portfolio Projects, Multi-Criteria Analysis, Sustainable Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
26,
2019
ABSTRACT: This article is the last
of a series of three researches. The purpose of this research is to expose the
results of using Dominance-based Rough Set Approach (DRSA) to help
International organizations (both non-governmental organizations and
governmental organizations) define poverty, identifying economical,
sociological, political and technological strategic objectives for developing
countries. More precisely, politicians, decision makers and international
organizations will be able to study 23 various political, economical,
sociological and technological indicators and classify all the countries
according to the following three different categories: [A] Countries that are
doing well according to the selected indicators; [B] Countries that need
support to acquire category A status; [C] Countries ranked the lowest and
meeting special support with regard to the criterion or criteria considered.
The three categories are delimited by tertiles relative to the average ranking
of the member states of the United Nations. The chosen criteria are measured in
order to provide decision rules based on this classification. These decision
rules thus focus on the strategic needs of countries with respect to improving
their development and classification. We strongly believe that by targeting
these identified needs, this research will help the sustainable development of
countries in need to set realistic targets, prioritize International funding,
evaluate economical growth and sociological improvements. Among the results of
this article, priorities for countries ranked the lowest should focus on
reducing adolescent fertility and increasing school life expectancy.