Water poverty in 78 municipalities in Northwest Mexico: a reflection from the Water Poverty Index and Multidimensional Poverty, 2015

Abstract

The objective of this work is to estimate the degree of water poverty in the 78 municipalities of the Hydrological-Administrative Region 2 Northwest of Mexico, year 2015, and to identify the links between the Indices of Water Poverty and Multidimensional Poverty (IPh, IPm). Methodology: implementation of the IPh of Lawrence, Meigh and Sullivan(2003). Results: the IPh presented values ​​between 0.36 and 0.71; 39 municipalities presented very low and low IPh and represent 25% of the total population, of which 16% is rural and 6% is in extreme poverty. The indices share the variables income, health, education, water and sanitation and 44.5% of the variation of the IPh is explained by the IPm. Conclusions: as the IPm improves in the variables in common with the IPh, the latter benefits in the same proportion. Therefore, these are the IPh components upon which public policies need to focus, to improve water poverty.