Global acute poverty hits 1.2 billion people
2 billion people facing hardships that reinforce one another: hunger, missed schooling and a lack of clean water or electricity.
Measures such as the multi-dimensional index then assist us in looking at other areas; whether people have access to water, electricity, food, or you have access to a certain kind of energy and livelihood, education, healthcare,” says Dr Ntshwanti.
The latest United Nations (UN) and University of Oxford index highlights widespread setbacks in access to basic needs, including healthcare, education, clean water and electricity.
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