Ghana has recorded steady progress in reducing multidimensional poverty, but more than 7 million people continue to live without access to basic needs such as decent housing, health insurance, quality ...

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 ...

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

• An index that measures the percentage of households in a country deprived along three dimensions –monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture ...

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

The rate fell from 23.9% in the first quarter to 21.9% in Q3, confirming a steady improvement in living conditions nationwide ...

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 ...

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, ...

17 October 2022 - A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating ...

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

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