New figures released today show that before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, progress was being made in tackling multidimensional poverty, according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure that looks beyond income to include access to safe water, education, electricity, food and six other indicators. Now that progress is at risk. *** As Multidimensional Poverty Index could not be calculated for Turkey due to lack of data, Turkey was not included in the 2020 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Report.