• An index that measures the percentage of households in a country deprived along three dimensions –monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture ...
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, ...
HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “capability approach” in the 1980s broadened the concept, viewing poverty not just ...
The past few years have bucked a positive trend. Back in 1990, almost two billion people were living under the extreme-poverty line, which the World Bank currently defines as an income of no more than ...
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 ...
ABOUT 3.9% of the Philippine population can be classified as suffering from “multidimensional” poverty, meaning poor in terms of living standards, education, and health, the United Nations Development ...
ERADICATING POVERTY in all its forms is the first of the UN’s 17 development goals. It is also a priority for many countries. To succeed, multilateral organisations and national governments need good ...
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