A joint report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) reveals that poverty reduction tends to be slowest in countries most affected by conflict.
The study which used UN MPI, based on 12 indicators such as malnutrition, education and sanitation, said rural areas saw the strongest fall in poverty.
UNDP index released Tuesday shows 55% of India was living under multidimensional poverty by 2005-06. This halved to 27.7% by 2015-16 and reduced further to 16.4% by 2019-21.
Data gathered through household surveys for over 6.1 billion people across 111 countries. In India, common deprivations were lack of housing, sanitation, cooking fuel & nutrition.
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022 covers 111 developing countries & shows India's progress outranks countries worldwide & also contributed to decline in overall poverty in South Asia.
This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.
Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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