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, ...

Nigeria’s struggle with poverty remains despite decades of policy interventions, development plans, and social ...

Researchers from the University of Zurich and Wuhan University have assessed how solar energy resources affect social and economic development to reduce poverty in China, using empirical data from the ...

Malaysia’s MPI fell to 0.0025 in 2024, down from 0.0037 in 2022, showing reduced non-monetary poverty. Urban poverty remained very low, while rural areas improved but still recorded higher deprivation ...

17 October 2022 - A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating ...

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 ...

Poverty is a global issue affecting about one-tenth of the people worldwide. It is a relevant concern not only in the developing countries but also to some extent in the developed world. As per 2025 ...

(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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR: 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. The Economy ...

Prof. Comfort Moradeke Amire, a professor of Economics at the Crawford University, has underscored the need to deploy a multifaceted approach to reduce poverty in the country. She urged policymakers ...

Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) declined from 0.0037 in 2022 to 0.0025 in 2024, signalling continued improvement in overall multidimensional ...