Funmi Olotu has called for a coordinated approach to tackling multidimensional poverty through stronger social protection ...

For decades, global poverty reduction efforts have focused on the short-term transfer of resources, aid delivery, ...

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, ...

Poverty reviews must accurately reflect people's living conditions, ensuring that no poor or near-poor households are ...

Bihar shows sustained gains in HDI, poverty reduction, healthcare, education and SDG progress, driven by higher per capita ...

Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister and BLP Leader Yanthungo Patton highlighted that PM Modi became India's longest-serving ...

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 ...

Multidimensional poverty measurement has transformed our understanding of deprivation by moving beyond income-based metrics to capture the intersecting deficiencies in health, education, living ...

Governors of the seven North-West states have resolved to re-enrol at least 781,200 out-of-school children in formal schools within the next six months as part of a coordinated regional strategy to ...

North West governors launch a regional plan in Kano to tackle multidimensional poverty through social protection and innovative financing. Learn more about ...

Governors of the North-West region have begun moves to implement a coordinated policy framework aimed at tackling ...

A poverty index is revealing new insights about deprivation in South Africa. Shutterstock There’s more to understanding a country’s poverty levels than merely calculating how much or how little ...