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OPHI and the UNDP Human Development Report Launch the Multidimensional Poverty Index

OPHI and the UNDP Human Development Report launch the Multidimensional Poverty Index or MPI – an innovative new measure that gives a vivid “multidimensional” picture of people living in poverty. The MPI will be featured in the 20th Anniversary edition of the UNDP Human Development Report and goes beyond income by reflecting a range of deprivations that afflict a person’s life at the same time. The measure assesses the nature and intensity of poverty at the individual level in education, health outcomes, and standard of living. Find out more about the new index and first ever estimate and analyses of global multidimensional poverty in 104 developing nations. See how the MPI can be used by governments, development agencies, and other institutions to help eradicate acute poverty.

International Seminar on New Techniques for Measuring Poverty, Wellbeing and Inequality of Opportunity in Colombia

This international seminar, held by the Colombian Ministry of Planning, Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP), in collaboration with the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and OPHI takes place this week in Bogota, Colombia. OPHI’s Sabina Alkire and James Foster will present on their method for measuring multidimensional poverty.

Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality: New Methods & Research Directions

How do we measure the multiple aspects that contribute to poverty and inequality? How do we keep track of the most important dimensions of life? OPHI’s recent workshop discussed innovative new methods to do this.

Participants at the workshop held in Oxford’s Department of International Development also proposed new research directions in the field. The workshop included a public lecture by Professor François Bourguignon, Director of the Paris School of Economics.

International Seminar: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Latin America

International Seminar in ECLAC’s Raúl Prebisch Conference Hall, Santiago, Chile

Presentations, podcasts, papers and photos from the recent conference organised by ECLAC, in collaboration with OPHI, Chile’s Ministry of Planning and the Chilean Foundation for Overcoming Poverty, are now available.

The conference was convened in response to growing interest in moving to a multidimensional approach to measuring poverty in the region. It was attended by government representatives from thirteen countries, as well as representatives from international agencies. Read more news from the conference.