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, ...

Multidimensional poverty in Ghana declined from 23.9% in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9% by the third quarter, according to the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report released by the ...

Unmarried cohabiting couples recorded the highest incidence of multidimensional poverty by marital status, the Ghana ...

Ghana has witnessed a significant reduction in multidimensional poverty under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama ...

Ghana said it had made progress in curbing poverty amid an improvement in households’ conditions of nutrition and education, although inequality remained a persistent problem.

The Government of Jamaica is now better equipped to measure and address poverty across the island following the launch of the ...

The Federal Government is adopting multidimensional index to tackle poverty, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday. He said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been mobilised as tool for ...

Multidimensional poverty in the country declined to 21.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025, confirming steady national ...

Nigeria’s poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached from its assumptions, ...

The United Nations Development Programme has released its 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index which highlights the number of people around the world experiencing poverty at regional, national and ...

Jamaicans who have a highly liberal outlook on life, many politicians included, tend to romanticise poverty, often excusing ...