Afghan Voice Agency - More than half of Afghans are multidimensionally poor: report
News
01 April 2019
OPHI in the media
The Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index found that 51.7% of Afghanistan's population live in multidimensional poverty. In this article, Sabina Alkire describes how NSIA created a rigorous measure of poverty aligned with their national priorities. Jean Gough, the UNICEF regional director suggests that investing in girls' education is a crucial next step.
Afghanistan’s MPI (A-MPI) complements the monetary poverty measure and uncovers deprivations experienced by the Afghan people in various aspects of their life. The A-MPI helps the government budget, coordinate and integrate policies
Ahmad Jawed Rasuli, director-general of NSIA