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UNDP releases 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has recently released by UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). As per the report, India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016 & recorded the fastest reductions in the MPI values during the period with strong improvements in ..
Topics: Development economics • Economics • Economy • Human Development Report • International development • Measuring poverty • MPI • Multidimensional Poverty Index • Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative • Poverty • Poverty in India • United Nations Development Programme
UNDP releases 2018 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
According to the 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55% to 28% in 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16. The report, covering 105 countries, dedicates a chapter to India because of this remarkable progress. In India, a total of 271 million (27.10 crore) people moved out of ..
Topics: Economics • Economy • Extreme poverty • International development • Multidimensional Poverty Index • Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative • Poverty • Poverty in India
Andhra Pradesh becomes first Indian state to conduct a household survey exclusively to estimate Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) at state and district levels
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has recently released the Andhra Pradesh Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report 2017. According to the report, the State secured an Index value of 0.0825 (value ranges from 0 to 1; 0 being the best and 1 being the worst). It is equivalent to 51st rank globally. India, with an Index ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Economy • India • International Relations • Multidimensional Poverty Index • Nagaram • Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
Human Development Report 2011
The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual publication of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report was first launched in 1990 by the Pakistani Economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Its goal was to place people at the centre of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Academic disciplines • Development economics • Economics • Economy • Gender Inequality Index • Human Development Index • Human Development Report • Human Poverty Index • Multidimensional Poverty Index • Poverty in the Philippines • United Nations Development Programme