Episode 249 • • 2:01:06 - 2:06:43
249: Multidimensional Poverty Index
UNDP Economic Hitmen, Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is accused of acting as a group of "economic hitmen" who use complex indices to measure "human welfare" and "gender empowerment." The new "Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index" is viewed as a way for elites to calculate the value of human resources while securing access to natural resources like oil and lithium in regions like Iraq and Darfur.