1. Income poverty
  2. Human poverty
  3. Both (a) and (b)
  4. None of the above
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Option 3 : Both (a) and (b)

The correct answer is Both (a) and (b).

  • The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measure poverty by considering various deprivations experienced by people in their daily lives, including poor health, insufficient education and a low standard of living. 
  • The UNDP develops solutions in three main areas- democratic governance and peace-building, sustainable development and climate and disaster resilience.
  • By focusing its efforts on these three fundamental objectives, the UNDP takes a multidimensional approach to eliminate poverty at its source.
  • The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measures poverty by considering various deprivations experienced by people in their daily lives, including poor health, insufficient education and a low standard of living. 
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has identified two categories of poverty which are explained below:
    • Income poverty arises due to a lack of necessities of material well-being, and
    • Human poverty is the denial of opportunity for living a decent standard of life. 
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