Journal of Geographical Sciences ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 2053-2068.doi: 10.1007/s11442-022-2036-z
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LI Yuheng1(), JIN Qihui2, LI Ao3
Received:
2022-02-21
Accepted:
2022-05-17
Online:
2022-10-25
Published:
2022-12-25
About author:
Li Yuheng (1983‒), Associate Professor, E-mail: liyuheng@igsnrr.ac.cn
Supported by:
LI Yuheng, JIN Qihui, LI Ao. Understanding the multidimensional poverty in South Asia[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022, 32(10): 2053-2068.
Table 1
Socioeconomic situation of Asian regions in 2019
Region | Population (million) | Per capita GDP ($) | GDP (billion$) | Territorial area (million km2) | Urbanization level (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Asia | 1835.78 | 6508.01 | 3597.25 | 4.91 | 31.93 |
East Asia | 1614.67 | 28820.60 | 21094.35 | 12.50 | 72.82 |
Southeast Asia | 661.91 | 24332.19 | 3171.96 | 4.57 | 51.48 |
Central Asia | 73.81 | 4294.64 | 303.98 | 4.00 | 44.78 |
Table 2
Socioeconomic situation of South Asian countries in 2019
Country | Population (million) | Per capita GDP ($) | GDP (billion$) | Territorial area (km²) | Urbanization level (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh | 163.05 | 4954.76 | 302.57 | 147,570 | 37.41 |
India | 1366.42 | 6997.86 | 2870.50 | 2,980,000 | 34.47 |
Maldives | 0.53 | 20335.59 | 5.61 | 300 | 40.24 |
Nepal | 28.61 | 4119.92 | 34.19 | 147,181 | 20.15 |
Pakistan | 216.57 | 4896.39 | 279.06 | 881,912 | 36.91 |
Sri Lanka | 21.80 | 13622.86 | 83.99 | 65,610 | 18.59 |
Bhutan | 0.76 | 12366.53 | 2.54 | 38,394 | 41.61 |
Afghanistan | 38.04 | 2152.36 | 18.79 | 647,500 | 26.02 |
Table 3
Selected indicators of MPI and its interpretation
Dimensions of poverty | Indicators | Deprived if... | Weights |
---|---|---|---|
Health | Nutrition | Any person under 70 years of age for whom their nutritional information is undernourished | 1/6 |
Child mortality | A child under 18 has died in the household in the five-year period preceding the survey | 1/6 | |
Education | Years of schooling | No eligible household member has completed six years of schooling | 1/6 |
School attendance | Any school-aged child is not attending school up to the age at which he/she would complete class | 1/6 | |
Living standards | Cooking fuel | A household cooks using solid fuel, such as dung, agricultural crop, shrubs, wood, charcoal, or coal | 1/18 |
Sanitation | The household has unimproved or no sanitation facility or it is improved but shared with other households | 1/18 | |
Drinking water | The household’s source of drinking water is not safe or safe drinking water is a 30-minute or longer walk from home, round trip | 1/18 | |
Electricity | The household has no electricity | 1/18 | |
Housing | The household has inadequate housing materials in any of the three components: floor, roof, or walls | 1/18 | |
Assets | The household does not own more than one of these assets: radio, TV, telephone, computer, animal cart, bicycle, motorbike, or refrigerator, and does not own a car or truck | 1/18 |
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