Devex - FAO revamps its rural poverty metric
News
09 February 2022
OPHI in the media
Household income alone does not accurately measure poverty levels. Teresa Welsh covers the rural MPI developed between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and OPHI for Devex Dish.
Household income alone doesn’t accurately reflect levels of rural poverty, because measuring economic hardship is much more complex than recording a bank account balance.