• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 
  • An index that measures poverty in multiple dimensions beyond monetary aspects. 
  • Measures severe deprivations, the UNDP says. Facing several deprivations at the same time. 
  • Deprivations: overlapping deprivations (incidence)  or number of deprivations people facing on average (intensity) 
  • MPI: measures three deprivations – health + education + living standards – at the household level – poverty measured on these indicators together – income not included – non-monetary poverty 
  • 10 indicators across health + education + living standards 
  • MPI values: 0 to 1 – higher value means higher poverty 
  • Launched: by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford and the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme in 2010 
  • What is measured: deprivation profile of each household and persons with the household 
  • The World Bank: Three dimensions – monetary poverty + basic infrastructure services + education 

(Information core: UNDP + The World Bank + NITI Aayog) 

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