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Despite decades of progress, poverty continues to trap millions in cycles of deprivation, and conventional measures often fail to reflect the full scope of their struggles. The Multidimensional Poverty Index, developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, offers a revolutionary way to understand and address poverty by looking at deprivations in education, health, and living standards. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Professor Dr Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Together with Professor James Foster, she developed the Alkire-Foster method for measuring multidimensional poverty.

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stresses on the urgent need to address critical issues.

Anura Kumara gains power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown.

When a dam collapsed in September, flooding the state capital and surrounding farmland, many people ran out of options.

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the notion that efforts to eradicate poverty are solely focused on Malays is not true.

The report highlights urgent need to reform international development finance to better support country-level responses to global crises.

Key factors in determining the minimum wage include the poverty line income, productivity growth, and the consumer price index.

Economic violence, though more common in poorer households, can impact families of any social or economic status, including the wealthy.

Fadhlina Sidek attributed this issue to learning loss during COVID-19 pandemic, poverty and the needs of special children.

So far, economic indicators show promising data with positive economic growth, controlled inflation, best-performing stock market.

Absolute poverty increased from 2019 to 2022, especially among urban households, rising to 4.5 per cent in 2022 from 3.8 per cent in 2019, according to a Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) report.

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping lift millions from poverty.

His Royal Highness said that children are also suffering disproportionately in humanitarian crises and conflict situations.

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UNDP says, "13,000 people (have been) forcibly disappeared, and we don't know their fate yet.

For the last three years, China has repeatedly signalled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.

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The order lets the White House shift budget and policies, usually kept at arms length from the president's daily oversight.

Dozens of Russians face compulsory psychiatric treatment for their political views, say lawyers and human rights groups.

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Currently, Malaysia has no specific laws regulating deepfake technology.

Animated filmmakers now aim to be included to the best picture race after being shut out for several years.

Teachers, psychologists and children are used to living in a state of chronic exhaustion without a clear end in sight, experts say.