Digging Deeper Into Multidimensional Poverty In 2021, the Statistical Institute of Belize began analyzing poverty through a multidimensional lens - meaning looking at outside factors as opposed to simple monetary poverty. Some of these dimensions include unemployment, social exclusion, disasters, and diseases. And today SIB signed an agreement with the UNDP and the Ministry of Economic Development to continue with the development of the Multidimensional Poverty Index, as well as to implement an

The #MultidimensionalPoverty Index from United Nations Development Programme - UNDP and OPHI - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measures multifaceted poverty in 100 developing countries. This year, the Index examines 4️⃣ climate hazards: high heat, droughts, floods & air pollution. More: https://go.undp.org/iZa #COP30 | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)