{"id":47895,"date":"2026-10-14T09:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47895"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:24:13","slug":"global-multidimensional-poverty-rises-to-1-2-billion-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/global-multidimensional-poverty-rises-to-1-2-billion-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Global multidimensional poverty rises to 1.2 billion: \u00a0Report \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, the number of people living in acute multidimensional poverty globally has increased for the first time since tracking began in 2010, reaching 1.2 billion people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Multidimensional Poverty Index reveals a rise of 51.5 million people compared to the previous assessment, driven by a combination of population growth, economic shocks, and compounding deprivations in health, education, and living standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children account for more than half of those affected, with over 83% of the world&#8217;s multidimensionally poor residing in rural areas. While countries such as eSwatini, Egypt, and Nepal made notable progress in reducing poverty rates, others, including Nigeria, Angola, and Zambia, saw their absolute numbers of poor citizens expand due to rapid demographic growth and economic reversals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo called the surge a &#8220;wake-up call for the world,&#8221; urging governments and international development partners to implement integrated strategies targeting hunger, education, and basic infrastructure simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14215,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-47895","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"UN report reveals first rise in global multidimensional Poverty since 2010","published_date":"2026-10-14 08:40:36","news_description":"UN report reveals first rise in global multidimensional Poverty since 2010","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47897,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47895\/revisions\/47897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}