An elderly woman studying in a literacy class in Ngo Quyen, Gia Lai. (Photo: VNA) According to the report, Vietnam still has 1.9% of its population undermultidimensional poverty.
Multidimensional poverty is defined as a way to reveal real poverty, ratherthan just by measuring income. Indicators such as a lack of access to necessitieslike medical facilities, education, and food are accounted for.
The MPI, a product of UNDP and OPHI, is measured on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10being countries which have the highest multidimensional poverty.
Vietnam's figures in the index are updated until the period of 2020/2021. About1.8 million people are at the level of multidimensional poverty, while 3.3million people are at the poverty level.
Cambodia, China, the Congo, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Morocco and Serbia areother countries highlighted for having successfully reduced multidimensionalpoverty.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs stated that, from 2016through 2020, Vietnam has been tackling poverty in a new way, dealing with thetrend of multidimensional poverty as most countries do.
According to MOLISA, this method makes a bigger impact, but it also presentsnew challenges that Vietnam must face.
The report also stated that 3.5% of Vietnam's population is currentlyvulnerable to multidimensional poverty, while deprivation of educational accessis the number one contributing factor to multidimensional poverty, at 40.7%./.
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