Multidimensional Poverty Index – MPI, 2022
Recently the ‘Multidimensional Poverty Index’ 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index – MPI, 2022 has been released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
According to the “Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce multidimensional poverty report” report under the MPI 2022, the number of poor people in India has declined by about 415 million in the last 15 years, yet India has the largest population of poor.
Key Findings:
- The poorest states have reduced poverty the fastest. Poverty among children has decreased rapidly. However, India still has some of the poorest children in the world.
- The incidence of poverty has dropped from 55.1% to 16.4% in 15 years. 4.2% of the 16.4% people live in extreme poverty.
- About 21.2% of the poor are from rural areas, and 5.5% of the poor live in cities.
- The rate of decline in poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 was 11.9% annually, faster than 8.1% between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
Recommendation:
- An integrated policy to tackle shortages in nutrition, cooking fuel, housing and sanitation.
- Enabling access to subsidized meals, early child care centers and mid-day meals in schools.
Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
- The Global MPI is an international measure of poverty covering 107 developing countries.
- It was first developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and UNDP for the Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 2010.
Source – The Hindu