The country with the highest number of destitute people in
Africa is Ethiopia, with 50.6 million destitute people or 58.1%
of the population.
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Ethiopia reduced the percentage of destitute people 30 percentage points
from 2000-2011.
The good news is that in nearly all of the countries analysed,
destitution is being reduced in relative annualized terms
faster than multidimensional poverty. In Ethiopia, Guyana,
Niger and Tanzania that is also true in absolute terms. This
suggests that in these countries at least, the poorest of the
poor are being reached, and there is potential for those who
are destitute to 'catch up'.
Strikingly, the countries doing best at tackling destitution are
mostly Low Income and Least Developed Countries,
the largest absolute reduction in the destitution
MPI was seen in Ethiopia.
. Between 2000 and 2011, Ethiopia reduced the percentage of
the population who were destitute by a massive 30 percentage
points, and reduced intensity among the destitute by fully 10
percentage points. That is, the average poor person in 2011
was deprived in nearly two standard of living indicators less
than the average poor person had been in 2000. During the
first five years, reduction sped forward at 3.3 percentage
points each year, with significant reduction in all indicators,
and the strongest gains in water, sanitation, and educational
variables. From 2005 to 2011 progress slowed slightly, but the
reduction was still impressive at 2.2 percentage points of the
population annually.
Received on Mon Oct 27 2014 - 11:36:18 EDT