▁dimensions , ▁matters ▁for ▁target ing ▁policy ▁and ▁programming , ▁and ▁assess ing ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁action . ▁ ▁Policy ▁Re levant ▁ ▁The ▁ID M ▁can ▁help ▁govern ments ▁and ▁organis ations ▁target ▁pover ty ▁more ▁effectively ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁help ▁them ▁measure ▁success ▁or ▁failure , ▁reve aling ▁what ▁aspects ▁of ▁pover ty ▁are ▁changing , ▁by ▁how ▁much ▁and ▁for ▁whom . ▁ ▁Gr ounded ▁in ▁Part icip atory ▁Research ▁ ▁The ▁ID M ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁pover ty ▁measure ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁with ▁lived ▁experience ▁of ▁pover ty . ▁The ▁dimensions ▁were ▁informed ▁by ▁how ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁think ▁pover ty ▁should ▁be ▁defined ▁and ▁what ▁needs ▁to ▁improve ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁move ▁out ▁of ▁pover ty . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁research ▁phase ▁of ▁the ▁Ind ividual ▁Dep riv ation ▁Me asure ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁four - year , ▁international , ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁research ▁collaboration , ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁Australian ▁National ▁University , ▁in ▁partners hip ▁with ▁the ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Development ▁Agency ▁and ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Health ▁and ▁Social ▁Science ▁Association , ▁University ▁of ▁Colorado ▁at ▁B ould er , ▁and ▁Ox f am ▁Great ▁Britain ▁( S ou thern ▁Africa ), ▁with ▁additional ▁support ▁from ▁Ox f am ▁America ▁and ▁Os lo ▁University . ▁It ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Australian ▁Research ▁Council ▁and ▁partner ▁organis ations . ▁The ▁research ▁collaboration ▁involved ▁thousands ▁of ▁participants