One of the concrete inputs of the Norwegian consultation on new development goals (posted yesterday) was that there is a need of a new way of measuring poverty. That is beyond measuring poverty only by whether a person lives for less/more than 1,25 $ a day. CAFOD policy team gives us an excellent overview of the poverty debate in the UN on their blog:

En enkelt forklaring av HDI og MDI finnes også her: http://www.fn.no/Tema/Fattigdom/Hvordan-maales-fattigdom