A Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is being considered to provide a more comprehensive measure of poverty that goes beyond income levels, says Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.

A MULTIDIMENSIONAL Poverty Index (MPI) is being considered to provide a more comprehensive measure of poverty that goes beyond income levels, says Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (pic).

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 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 for ...

Nearly 900 million people are simultaneously exposed to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme heat and flooding to drought and toxic air pollution, according to a new United ...

(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Oxford Poverty and Human ...

India has made strong progress in reducing poverty, with both income-based and non-monetary indicators showing steady improvement, according to the Economic Survey.

Multidimensional poverty in Ghana declined from 23.9% in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9% by the third quarter, according to the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report released by the ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) has released a report titled “ELIMINATING POVERTY -- The importance of a Multidimensional Approach in Tackling SDG1”. A new study of ...

This paper examines multidimensional poverty in Brazil in 2000 and 2010, based on the microdata of the Demographic Censuses. Our analysis is disaggregated into five classes of municipalities according ...