Poverty estimates have long been a political battleground in India. The recent Multidimensional Poverty Index findings have been critiqued not just for methodological flaws but also for potentially ...

The report was based on the National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4), which was conducted between 2015 and 2016, and developed by the NITI Aayog in consultation with 12 ministries and in partnership ...

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, ...

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, drought, or air pollution, ...

NEARLY eight in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—or 887 million of the 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air ...

While Thailand has managed to cut the number of people living in poverty by half in just seven years, many Thais still live with substandard living conditions-- lacking access to adequate healthcare, ...

William Antiaye Addy, Deputy Director of Finance, Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to utilise the district-level Multidimensional ...

The Ghana Statistical Service's (GSS) recent Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has uncovered significant disparities in poverty rates within the Greater Accra Region. The Greater Accra ...

Jamaicans who have a highly liberal outlook on life, many politicians included, tend to romanticise poverty, often excusing ...