Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of ...

The eradication of multidimensional poverty is one of the defining challenges of our era – demanding not only moral resolve but also strategic dexterity and evidence-based action. Investment in ...

The United Nations Development Programme has released its 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index which highlights the number of people around the world experiencing poverty at regional, national and ...

Filipino families were poor in 2023. A family is classified as poor when it earns less than a defined threshold income ...

The concept of poverty has gone beyond the monetary attributes to cover several dimensions directly influencing the level of individuals' socio-economic status. Based on this methodological ...

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected. The paper published ...

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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 ...

PDF document available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/dsp_policy_03.pdf Measuring poverty with a single income ...

Citing the 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023', Singh said that between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the poverty rate reduced from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 per cent, which means ...

A new study finds that young adults squeezed by rent and cramped space reported higher activity levels, but also ...