21) Global MPI

Question 1

Who releases Global Multidimensional Poverty Index ?

Answer 1

UNDP in collab with OPHI

Question 2

Indicators and dimensions ?

Answer 2

1) Health – Nutrition and Child mortality
2) Education – Yrs of schooling and School attendance
3) Standard of living –
Cooking fuel
Sanitation
Drinking water
Electricity
Housing
Assets

Question 3

Details of the report ?

Answer 3

1) Around 1.3 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty
2) Half of the multidimensional poor are under 18yrs
3) About 84% of them live in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia
4) From 2005-2015 , India has been successful in lifting around 273 million people out of poverty