POVERTY 2 LST

About one in three of the remaining Indian households
are multi-dimensionally poor, and their MPI is just below that
of Honduras, the paper says.
As many as 39 per cent in India live in a poor
household where at least one child or woman is undernourished.
The paper adds that 25 per cent in India, and 15
per cent in Nepal live in a household where one or more
children are not attending school.
Half of the world’s poor as measured by the MPI live
in South Asia (51 per cent or 844 million people) and one
quarter in Africa (28 per cent or 458 million).
Niger has the greatest intensity and incidence of
poverty in any country, with 93 per cent of the population
classified as poor in MPI terms.
The MPI reveals the nature and extent of poverty at
different levels: from household up to regional, national and
international level.
This new multidimensional approach to assessing
poverty has been adapted for national use in Mexico, and is
now being considered by Chile and Colombia.
"The MPI is like a high resolution lens which reveals
a vivid spectrum of challenges facing the poorest households,"
said OPHI Director Sabina Alkire. PTI