MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX – REPORTS & INDICES
News:
Multidimensional Poverty
Index reduction under the NDA is flawed
What's
in the news?
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The Multidimensional Poverty Index
exaggerates the National Democratic Alliance’s success in fighting deprivation.
Multidimensional
Poverty Index:
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MPI is published annually by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty
and Human Development Initiative.
Key
takeaways:
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This report presents a compact update on
the state of multidimensional poverty in the world.
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It compiles data from 110 developing countries
covering 6.1 billion people, accounting for 92 percent of the population in
developing countries.
Objective
of MPI:
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It tells an important and persistent story
about how prevalent poverty is in the world and provides insights
into the lives of poor people, their deprivations and
how intense their poverty is—to inform and accelerate efforts to end
poverty in all its forms.
Data
highlights of MPI 2023:
1.
Reduction in global MPI values:
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According to the report, 25 countries,
including India, successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years,
showing that rapid progress is attainable.
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These countries include Cambodia,
China, Congo, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Serbia, and Vietnam.
2.
Data on India:
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As many as 415 million people in India
were lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2019-21, according to the latest
update of its global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
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This would be a substantial fraction of
our population, now estimated at over 1.4 billion.
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Those who are poor and deprived of cooking
fuel fell from 52.9% to 13.9%, and those short of proper sanitation from 50.4%
to 11.3%.
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The report noted that deprivation in
all indicators declined in India and the poorest States and groups,
including children and people in disadvantaged caste groups, had the fastest
absolute progress.
3.
Regions with existing poverty:
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According to the 2023 release, 1.1
billion out of 6.1 billion people (just more than 18%) live in acute
multidimensional poverty across 110 countries.
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Sub-Saharan Africa (534 million) and South
Asia (389 million) are home to approximately five out of every six poor
people.
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Nearly two-thirds of all poor people (730
million people) live in middle-income countries, making action in these
countries vital for reducing global poverty.
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Although low-income countries
constitute only 10% of the population included in the MPI, these are where
35% of all poor people reside.