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From: Xavier William <varekatx@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Subject: Multidimensional poverty Index
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Here is a report from the Hindu according to which if we look at the different dimensions of poverty India, euphemized as South Asia in the article, is as bad or worse than Subsaharan Africa in some aspects of poverty. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen too says that though the Indian may be consuming more food than his African counterpart, quality-wise we are less nourished. Those of us living in the urban centers and those who have an Internet connection may be quite well off even by international standards whereas 421 million of our brothers and sisters are living hand to mouth existence. The article says that the causes of this sorry state of affairs in India are female illiteracy and so on. According to me the biggest cause of our poverty is corruption and close behind that comes Kashmir.
Corruption is institutionalized in India. We boast that we are growing into an economic powerhouse. But corruption seems to be out-stepping our economic progress. The Bofors case was something like 8 crores or so. Now corruption on that scale is childs play and runs into the hundreds of thousands of crores. As we surge forward on the economic front we have slipped back in the transparency index from 72nd place to 86th or so. The only consolation is that the other SARC countries are even more corrupt than us. However since corruption is institutionalized it cannot be wiped out overnight unless some political miracle happens and a true statesman like Lee Kwan Yu of Singapore or Kemal Pasha of Turkey comes to India's rescue. But there is a lot we can do about Kashmir. It is a pity that to protect 3 lakh Pundits of Kashmir, 421 million of our brothers and sisters are forced to scrounge and scavenge for a living under inhuman conditions. Read on the article from Hindu
8 Indian States have 421 million multidimensionally poor people
Eight Indian States are home to 421 million multidimensionally poor people, more than the figure of 410 million in 26 poorest African countries.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index — which identifies serious simultaneous deprivations in health, education and income at the household level in 104 countries — brought out in the latest United Nations Human Development Report has calculated that South Asia is home to half of the world's multi-dimensionally poor population, or 844 million people.
The rates of multidimensional poverty are, however, relatively low in most of East Asia and the Pacific including China and Thailand. In Delhi, the rate is close to Iraq and Vietnam's (about 14 per cent), while that of Bihar is similar to Sierra Leon and Guinea's (about 81 per cent), according to the report released on Thursday. The Indian States include Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, often referred to as the BIMARU States.
The report's new Inequality-adjusted HDI, measuring the effect of inequality in 139 countries, shows South Asia with an average 33 per cent loss due to inequality in health, education and income — the second largest for a development region after sub-Saharan Africa. India loses 30 per cent overall on the Inequality-adjusted HDI, including 41 per cent in education and 31 per cent in health.
Major barrier
Women's inequality remains a major barrier to human development throughout Asia, the 2010 report shows. The new Gender Inequality Index — which captures gender gaps in reproductive health, empowerment and workforce participation in 138 countries — shows that six countries of East Asia and the Pacific fall in the lower half in gender inequality, with Papua New Guinea among the lowest.
Several countries in East Asia and the Pacific have little or no female representation in Parliaments, although the Philippines and Indonesia have elected women leaders in recent decades. South Asia is characterised by relatively weak female empowerment with an inequality loss of 35 per cent compared with 16 per cent in developed nations.
India ranks 122 out of the138 countries on the Global Instability Index based on 2008 data – with nine per cent of the parliamentary seats held by women, and 27 per cent of adult women having secondary or higher levels of education compared to 50 per cent among men.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index, the Inequality-adjusted Index and the Gender Inequality Index have been added as new indicators in this year's report, which runs into its 20th year. It spotlights countries that made the greatest progress in recent decades as measured by the HDI, with China, Nepal, Indonesia, Lao PDR and South Korea making it to the "Top 10 Movers" list.
Among the South Asian countries, Nepal is second among the top movers on non-income HDI, while India is among the top 10 movers in GDP growth.
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Xavier William |
From: Xavier William <varekatx@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Subject: Multidimensional poverty Index
To: indiathinkersnet@yahoogroups.com, nri-sahi@yahoogroups.com, dalit@yahoogroups.com, youth4equalopportunities@yahoogroups.com
Here is a report from the Hindu according to which if we look at the different dimensions of poverty India, euphemized as South Asia in the article, is as bad or worse than Subsaharan Africa in some aspects of poverty. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen too says that though the Indian may be consuming more food than his African counterpart, quality-wise we are less nourished. Those of us living in the urban centers and those who have an Internet connection may be quite well off even by international standards whereas 421 million of our brothers and sisters are living hand to mouth existence. The article says that the causes of this sorry state of affairs in India are female illiteracy and so on. According to me the biggest cause of our poverty is corruption and close behind that comes Kashmir.
Corruption is institutionalized in India. We boast that we are growing into an economic powerhouse. But corruption seems to be out-stepping our economic progress. The Bofors case was something like 8 crores or so. Now corruption on that scale is childs play and runs into the hundreds of thousands of crores. As we surge forward on the economic front we have slipped back in the transparency index from 72nd place to 86th or so. The only consolation is that the other SARC countries are even more corrupt than us. However since corruption is institutionalized it cannot be wiped out overnight unless some political miracle happens and a true statesman like Lee Kwan Yu of Singapore or Kemal Pasha of Turkey comes to India's rescue. But there is a lot we can do about Kashmir. It is a pity that to protect 3 lakh Pundits of Kashmir, 421 million of our brothers and sisters are forced to scrounge and scavenge for a living under inhuman conditions. Read on the article from Hindu
8 Indian States have 421 million multidimensionally poor people
Eight Indian States are home to 421 million multidimensionally poor people, more than the figure of 410 million in 26 poorest African countries.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index — which identifies serious simultaneous deprivations in health, education and income at the household level in 104 countries — brought out in the latest United Nations Human Development Report has calculated that South Asia is home to half of the world's multi-dimensionally poor population, or 844 million people.
The rates of multidimensional poverty are, however, relatively low in most of East Asia and the Pacific including China and Thailand. In Delhi, the rate is close to Iraq and Vietnam's (about 14 per cent), while that of Bihar is similar to Sierra Leon and Guinea's (about 81 per cent), according to the report released on Thursday. The Indian States include Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, often referred to as the BIMARU States.
The report's new Inequality-adjusted HDI, measuring the effect of inequality in 139 countries, shows South Asia with an average 33 per cent loss due to inequality in health, education and income — the second largest for a development region after sub-Saharan Africa. India loses 30 per cent overall on the Inequality-adjusted HDI, including 41 per cent in education and 31 per cent in health.
Major barrier
Women's inequality remains a major barrier to human development throughout Asia, the 2010 report shows. The new Gender Inequality Index — which captures gender gaps in reproductive health, empowerment and workforce participation in 138 countries — shows that six countries of East Asia and the Pacific fall in the lower half in gender inequality, with Papua New Guinea among the lowest.
Several countries in East Asia and the Pacific have little or no female representation in Parliaments, although the Philippines and Indonesia have elected women leaders in recent decades. South Asia is characterised by relatively weak female empowerment with an inequality loss of 35 per cent compared with 16 per cent in developed nations.
India ranks 122 out of the138 countries on the Global Instability Index based on 2008 data – with nine per cent of the parliamentary seats held by women, and 27 per cent of adult women having secondary or higher levels of education compared to 50 per cent among men.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index, the Inequality-adjusted Index and the Gender Inequality Index have been added as new indicators in this year's report, which runs into its 20th year. It spotlights countries that made the greatest progress in recent decades as measured by the HDI, with China, Nepal, Indonesia, Lao PDR and South Korea making it to the "Top 10 Movers" list.
Among the South Asian countries, Nepal is second among the top movers on non-income HDI, while India is among the top 10 movers in GDP growth.
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