Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of ...

Belstat has presented the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (NMPI), validated by the University of Oxford.

Economic thinking about poverty has evolved towards a better understanding of the many faces of poverty. Using a multidimensional approach to poverty, which complements monetary measures, helps to ...

Hungary has been in a transition process since the fall of the Iron Curtain. This process has resulted in important developments in regional policy. The introduction of a western style policy system ...

Kerala vs US : Who has better human development indicators? (Image: PTI) The Indian state of Kerala has surpassed the US in several key indicators of human development, Congress MP from the state, ...