New poverty index to cover more aspects:
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL Poverty Index (MPI) is being considered to provide a more comprehensive measure of poverty that goes ...
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Malaysia mulls Multidimensional Index to better measure Poverty: KUALA LUMPUR: A Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is being considered to provide a more ...
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