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| 25 nations reduce poverty by 50pc in 15 years: UNDP |
| 2023-07-12 |
Well done, world! Not Pakistan unfortunately, despite this article appearing in the Pakistani press, but so much of the rest of it .[Dawn] The latest update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) demonstrates that poverty reduction was achievable as 25 countries have successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years, showing that rapid progress is attainable.The latest estimates for 110 countries were released on Tuesday by the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). According to estimates based on surveys for 2017-22, 21.5 per cent population in Pakistain is in severe multidimensional poverty, while 12.9pc is vulnerable to multidimensional poverty. The analysis of trends from 2000 to 2022, focused on 81 countries with comparable data over time. India saw a remarkable reduction in poverty, with 415 million people exiting poverty within a span of just 15 years. Large numbers of people (69m) were lifted out of poverty in China, and Indonesia (8m). According to the 2023 release, 1.1 billion out of 6.1bn people (just over 18pc) live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110 countries. Sub-Saharan Africa (534m) and South Asia (389m) are home to approximately five out of every six poor people. Nearly two-thirds of all poor people (730m) live in middle-income countries, making action in these countries vital for reducing global povert |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 How much of India's growth is the trailing edges of Dr. Norman Borlaug's Green Revolution? It is difficult to be reduce poverty in a state of endemic starvation. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-07-12 16:14 |
| #4 More free market, anyway. There’s still a lot of bureaucratic control built into the Indian system. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-12 15:57 |
| #3 Notice the very large number (415mm) for India. Amazing what a free-market policy can do. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-07-12 13:36 |
| #2 After "final expenses" as the funeral industry calls them, you cost of living bottoms out... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-12 09:06 |
| #1 The analysis of trends from 2000 to 2022... Large numbers of people (69m) were lifted out of poverty in China, and Indonesia (8m). How many died? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-12 08:56 |