The poorest (Sub)continent is ...

After being conditioned to images from Somalia, Ethiopia, and many other African countries, we might be surprised to read that:

Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new 'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said.

The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), was developed and applied by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support.

It will be featured in the forthcoming 20 th anniversary edition of the UNDP Human Development Report.

Which states are those?

(421 million in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) than in the 26 poorest African countries combined (410 million).

Doesn't surprise me on bit.
Interestingly, and not coincidentally, most of these states have the highest fertility rates in India, yet again demonstrating that economic growth and development is the best contraceptive out there.