1.1 billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty, almost half of whom live in conflict-affected countries. This information has emerged in a research report of the United Nations Development Organization UNDP.
In addition, this study revealed that almost half of the world's people living in extreme poverty are in India. Of the country's 1.4 billion people, 23.4 million live in extreme poverty.
India is followed by Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo. Almost half of the 1.1 billion people living in poverty are in these five countries.
Qatar-based media Al Jazeera reported this news.
According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Thursday (October 17), poverty levels are significantly higher in war-torn countries than in other countries. In these countries, there are huge inequalities in nutrition, electricity, water and sanitation.
According to Al Jazeera media about UNDP, this information was obtained by joint research on 6.3 billion people in 112 countries of the world. Of these, 45.5 million people are living in 'conflict'. And 584 million people are living in extreme poverty. Most of them are children, which is 27.9 percent of the world's total children.
In countries where there is conflict, the child mortality rate is 8 percent. Whereas in peaceful countries the infant mortality rate is 1.1 percent.
This study was jointly conducted by UNDP and OPHI. The study considered inadequate housing, sanitation, electricity, cooking oil, nutrition and school attendance as determinants of poverty.
Sabina Alkir, director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), said the pace of poverty reduction in conflict zones is slow – so poor people in these areas are being left behind. These statistics remind us that we cannot end poverty without investing in peace.
At the same time, UNDP Chief Statistician Yanchun Zhang said meeting basic needs for poor people in conflict countries is a tough and desperate battle.
