The index measures both the share of people in poverty and the degree to which they are deprived. The first edition of the ...

Poverty goes beyond income. It often arises when health, education and opportunities fall short of meeting people's needs.

One in every four people in Bangladesh is living in multidimensional poverty, according to a report. The Mmatest ...

A staggering 28.9 per cent of children in Bangladesh, nearly three out of every ten, are affected by multidimensional ...

India's multidimensional poverty reduction efforts, including the Graduation Approach, have shown significant success in ...

More than four crore people in Bangladesh are trapped in multidimensional poverty, a form of deprivation that goes beyond income and includes limited access to education, healthcare, and basic living ...

A Progress Review 2023', Singh said that between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the poverty rate reduced from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 ...

According to the MPI, more than 39 million people in the country are currently living in multidimensional poverty. While ...

With almost three out of 10 children (28.9 per cent) living in multidimensional poverty, significantly higher than the rate ...

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, and spatiality is an important dimension for defining a multidimensional poverty index (MPI). Acknowledging the fact that spatiality is dependent on scale, ...

The Federal Government is adopting multidimensional index to tackle poverty, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday. He said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been mobilised as tool ...

Findings The multidimensional poverty index was highest in Makoko and Iwaya. These scores indicate severe poverty, as they are above the threshold of 0.50.