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The Fordham Francis Index (Full Name: Fordham University 's Pope Francis Global Poverty Index) is a multidimensional measure of international poverty. It is a simple tool that relies on seven primary indicators which are categorized into a Material Well-being Index and a Spiritual Well-being Index. It was launched on September 23, 2016 [1] at a ...
www .undp .org. The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) [ note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.
Sustainable Development Goal 1 ( SDG 1 or Global Goal 1 ), one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015, calls for the end of poverty in all forms. The official wording is: "No Poverty". [ 1] Member countries have pledged to "Leave No One Behind": underlying the goal is a "powerful commitment to leave no ...
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ( UNCSD ), also known as Rio 2012, Rio+20 ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u ˈmajʒ ˈvĩtʃi] ), or Earth Summit 2012 was the third international conference on sustainable development aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals of the global community.
The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day, which replaces the $1.90 poverty line, is based on 2017 PPPs. [7] This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is considered to be living in extreme poverty. About 648 million people globally were in this situation in 2019. [7]
The depth of poverty is the 'gap' (G) between poverty and the poverty line (M1 = H x A x G). [12] M2: This measures reflects the incidence, intensity, depth of poverty and inequality among the poor (the squared gap, S) (M2 = H x A x S). [13] M0 can be calculated with ordinal and cardinal data. Cardinal data are required to calculate M1 and M2. [14]
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty is a non-fiction book by Yale economist Dean Karlan and economist Jacob Appel published in 2011. It combines insights from behavioral economics with field research from developing countries to discuss and evaluate international development and poverty -alleviation ...
Officials scoured more than 35,000 pages of police records and found city emails containing racist language. They analyzed data on stops, searches, citations, arrests and use-of-force.