Digging Deeper Into Multidimensional Poverty In 2021, the Statistical Institute of Belize began analyzing poverty through a multidimensional lens - meaning looking at outside factors as opposed to simple monetary poverty. Some of these dimensions include unemployment, social exclusion, disasters, and diseases. And today SIB signed an agreement with the UNDP and the Ministry of Economic Development to continue with the development of the Multidimensional Poverty Index, as well as to implement an

1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty across 109 countries. And more than half of them are children, with consequences that can stretch through decades, limiting the opportunities of future generations. Find out more in OPHI - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP’s new #MultidimensionalPoverty Index Report 2025: https://go.undp.org/iJe | United Nations Development Programme - UNDP

We’re one year closer to 2030. What role can Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and beyond? Eradicating poverty is central to making progress in social development. This year, the UN’s ‘Pact for the Future’ and the Sevilla Commitment echoed this, and the World Social Summit’s ‘Doha Declaration’ called for multidimensional measures that reflect countries' plans and priorities and support targeted public policies. MPI Ambassador Isabe