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, ...

This chart shows the number of people worldwide affected by these indicators of multidimensional poverty.

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) has released a report titled “ELIMINATING POVERTY -- The importance of a Multidimensional Approach in Tackling SDG1”. A new study of ...

About 52.9% of Liberians are multidimensionally poor, facing deprivations in health, education, and living standards, according to the 2024 Multidimensional Poverty Index.The economy still relies ...

Kampala, Uganda — New data highlights gaps in health insurance, sanitation, and living standards despite progress in reducing income poverty. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) seeks to ...

Are the poorest 40 percent benefiting from growth? Growth of the bottom 40 percent in each country is the key predictor of the World Bank’s second goal of boosting shared prosperity. On that score, it ...

By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its 2022 latest report on the National Multidimensional ...