MPI (Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index) | Burning Issue – Editorial Analysis

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THE 2018 MPI (Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index)

Paints a picture of multidimensional poverty across 104 developing countries, covering 74 per cent of the global population.

ABOUT MPI

Jointly developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, the 2018 global MPI casts light on who is multidimensionally poor, where do they live and how they are deprived.

A new report shows the percentage of Indians living in poverty is half what it was a decade ago.

But child poverty around the world is still rife, affecting nearly two-thirds of those under 18 in sub-Saharan Africa.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2018

In the decade between 2005-06 and 2015-16, India has halved its Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from 54.7 per cent to 27.5 per cent.

According to MPI 2018 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, there are 271 million fewer poor people in India in this period.

FINDINGS OF THE REPORT

364 million Indians continue to experience acute deprivations in health, nutrition, schooling and sanitation

About 196 million MPI poor people in India, accounting for more than half of all multidimensionally poor in India, live in the four states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Just over one in four multidimensionally poor people in India are under ten years of age.

Traditionally disadvantaged groups, in terms of castes, religions etc, continue to be the poorest though they have experienced the biggest decadal reduction in MPI.

About the world report!

Maximum to minnimum poor people in different regions :
Sub Saharan Africa (41.6%)
and in
South Asia 40.6%
Arab states 10%
East Asia and the Pacific 8.8%
Latin America and the Caribbean 3.9%
Europe and Central Asia 0.3%