Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Multidimensional poverty Index

This new method of mapping, developed by the Oxford institute , interprets and maps poverty on the basis of several factors, not just the income alone.Some of the other factors include, health, education, access to hygiene etc.Based on this mapping , India's poverty level stretches from that of being equivalent to Sierra Leone, Democratic republic of Congo( for some Indian states) to that of Indonesia or Morocco in few others.This shows the disparity in development and access to health and education among the different states in India, so certainly there is not any inclusive growth happening!

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