DESI NEWS
India has registered the
quickest reduction in
Multidimensional Poverty
Index (MPI) among ten
countries with Jharkhand,
one of the poorest regions
in the world, showing swift
improvement than ever,
according to the report
released by the United
Nations.
The global report for the period
2005-06 and 2015-16 reveals
that India lifted 271 million
people out of impoverishment,
marking cut downs in ten
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indicators, cooking fuel,
consolidated under assets,
sanitation, and nutrition.
In the 101 countries where
the study was performed,
1.3 billion people are
“multidimensionally poor”,
meaning the definition of
poverty does not solely
include the economics or
income but other factors
such as poor quality of
work, poor health, and the
threat of violence.
The report identifies 10
countries, with a combined
population of about 2 billion,
have illustrated a reduction
in poverty.
The 10 countries are India,
Cambodia, Bangladesh,
Vietnam, Haiti, Ethiopia,
Democratic Republic of
Congo, Peru, Nigeria, and
Pakistan.
“This progress was largely
driven by South Asia.
In India, there were 271
million fewer people in
poverty in 2016 than in
2006, while in Bangladesh
the number dipped by 19
million between 2004 and
2014,” said the report.