After several years in gestation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) recently launched Jamaica’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which is intended to provide a complementary measure to ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

India has made strong progress in reducing poverty, with both income-based and non-monetary indicators showing steady improvement, according to the Economic Survey.

The Presidency has stated that the ongoing government investments in infrastructure have helped lift over 10 million Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty. This was made known by the Special ...

By Juliet ETEFEThe Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has called for expanded National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) coverage, ...

Former Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, on Wednesday, argued that the Federal ...