Multidimensional poverty index: Abstract The National Multidimensional

Abstract The National Multidimensional Poverty Index by NITI Aayog uses the internationally acclaimed Alkire Foster methodology with a difference that National MPI covers 12 indicators while global MPI covers 10 indicators. This analysis attempts to study the decline in poverty rates and number of multidimensionally poor people across various time periods. The recent report on National MPI was based on National Family Health Surveys 4 (2015-16) and 5 (2019-21). Owing to lack of data for the ... The report by UNDP and OPHI shows that countries at war have higher deprivations across 10 indicators of multidimensional poverty . India has the largest number of people in extreme poverty , according to the global MPI. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (global MPI) is an annual international measure of acute multidimensional poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional monetary poverty measures by capturing the acute, overlapping deprivations in health, education, and living standards that people in poverty face. Multidimensional Poverty Index Multidimensional Poverty Indices use a range of indicators (monetary, health, education and others) to calculate a summary poverty figure for a given population, in which a larger figure indicates a higher level of poverty .