New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

The latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) findings published by the Ghana Statistical Service have spotlighted a number ...

A new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has painted a grim picture of life in Malawi, revealing that nearly six in every 10 Malawians are trapped in multidimensional poverty -- a ...

Global poverty measurement has evolved from a simple international poverty line to a diverse set of approaches that capture both monetary and non-monetary deprivations. The traditional dollar-a-day ...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its 2022 National Multi-dimensional Poverty Index report, put the number of multi-dimensionally poor people in the country at 133 million, representing 63 ...

Poverty manifests not only as insufficient income but also as constrained access to health, education, energy and social participation. Inclusive approaches view poverty as multidimensional and ...

India has achieved a significant milestone in its fight against extreme poverty, with the latest World Bank data showing a dramatic decline in the extreme poverty rate from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 to ...