Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a joint analysis from the UN Development Programme (

) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, goes beyond measuring poverty as a measurement of poverty, and looks at other indicators, from access to education and health, to living standards such as housing, drinking water, sanitation and electricity.

Using this way of calculating the issue, the…