Which of the following statement about Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 is Not correct?

[A] India is among top five countries.

[B] 50% of global multi-dimensionally poor people are children.

[C] The Report is developed by World Bank.

[D] NITI Aayog is the nodal agency to monitor mechanisms of the Global MPI to drive reforms.

Answer: C

Notes:

About the Multidimensional Poverty Index:

The report is developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2010 for UNDP’s Human Development Reports.
NITI Aayog is the nodal agency that has been assigned the responsibility of leveraging the monitoring mechanism of the Global MPI to drive reforms.
According to Global MPI 2020, India is 62nd among 107 countries with an MPI score of 0.123 and 27.91% headcount ratio, based on the NFHS 4 (2015/16) data.

Key findings of the Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021:

The report mentions that there are 1.3 billion multidimensionally poor people globally.
The top five countries are India (381 million), Nigeria (93 million), Pakistan (83 million), Ethiopia (77 million) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (56million).
Women and children are most affected. 66% of poor households (836 million people) have women with less than six years of schooling. 50% of global multidimensionally poor people are children.
In India, 83% (5 out of 6) multidimensionally poor people are from lower tribes or castes.

Source: EPIC October 2021