“According to a study by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), multidimensional child poverty analysis for Rwanda encompasses five dimensions of wellbeing, namely health, education, water, sanitation and housing. These dimensions are further disaggregated by key backgrounds such as province, sex, household head’s education level and family composition.

A child is considered multidimensionally poor when they concurrently experience deprivation in at least three of the five dimensions of wellbeing.

According to the NISR’s latest multidimensional child poverty thematic report released on July 7, the rate of children aged 5 to 14 living in multidimensional poverty has more than halved from 25.3 per cent in 2016/17 to 11.9 per cent in 2023/24.”

From The New Times.