Sachi Kamiya Anna Dahl
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What is it? “The MPI assesses the nature and intensity of poverty at the individual level, with poor people being those who are multiply deprived and the extent of their poverty being measured by the extent of their deprivations.”
What does it consider? Education Years of schooling Deprived if less than five years of schooling Child Enrollment Deprived if not attending school in years 1-8 Health Child morality Deprived if any child has died in family Nutrition Deprived if any child is malnourished
What does it consider? Standard of living Electricity Drinking water (with in 30 minute of distance ) Sanitation (toilet) Flooring (condition of house) Cooking fuel (use of sophisticated tools) Assets (TV, refrigerator, etc.)
Bottom 5 MPI Ranking
Why Liberia? Civil war (military coup in 1980) 85% of population living under poverty line Economic mismanagement Lack of education (20% of schools destroyed) No access to medical help
Why Kenya? Limited economic diversity Lack of opportunity Government corruption Unfair tariff walls by rich countries Why Niger? Malnutrition Insufficient economic regulations Oil over-dependency
Why Chad? Corruption 80% livme under poverty line Geographic location Food insecurity Why Mozambique? Recent civil war High inequality GDP growth is currently ranked the highest
Top 5 HPI Ranking
United States & Venezuela United states 17 th MPI: 15.4 Venezuela 73 rd MPI: Unavailable
References MPI-Brief-2011.pdf MPI-Brief-2011.pdf te.pdf te.pdf y-in.html y-in.html extreme-poverty-in-niger.html extreme-poverty-in-niger.html