2019 GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX

About:

• The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index was released by the UN Development Programme, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
  
  
• Global scenario:
  • In the 101 countries studied – 31 low income, 68 middle income and 2 high income –, 1.3 billion people are multidimensionally poor.
    
    
  • The report identifies 10 countries, with a combined population of around 2 billion people that have shown statistically significant progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1, namely ending poverty in all its forms, everywhere.
    
    
  • of the 10 selected countries, India and Cambodia reduced their MPI values the fastest. India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16.
    
    
  
  
  
• Indian scenario:
  • In 2015-16, the population in India living in multidimensional poverty stood at about 369 million people (27.9%).
    
    
  • India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period.
    
    
  • There have been strong improvements in areas such as assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition.