The Government of Malawi through National Statistical Office and Ministry of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms launched the first Malawi National Multidimensional Poverty Index (M-MPI) . Malawi has adopted the M-MPI report as an official measure of multidimensional poverty, complementing existing monetary measures of poverty. According to the M-MPI, approximately six out of every ten (61.7%) people in Malawi live in multidimensional poverty