Concord Times is reporting on the launch of Sierra Leone Multidimensional Poverty Profile 2019 which took place on 14th May 2019 in Freetown. The article is available here, and the Report on Sierra Leone Multidimensional Index 2019 is available here.
Category Archives: In Media
Entorno Inteligente, Half of Afghans Suffer from Multidimensional Poverty: Gov’t
An article following the launch of Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017: Report and Analysis on 31 March 2019. Available here.
TOLO News, Over 18M Afghans Suffer From Multidimensional Poverty: Study
An introduction to Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017: Report and Analysis, co-authored by OPHI, which was published in March 2019. The article is available here.
Daily Outlook Afghanistan, Half of Afghans Suffer from Multidimensional Poverty: Gov’t
A piece introducing the Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017: Report and Analysis which was co-authored by OPHI and published in March 2019. The article is available here.
Asia & Pacific, Half of Afghans Suffer from mMultidimensional Poverty: Gov’t
A short overview of the Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017: Report and Analysis, following its launch in March 2019. The article is available here.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), More Than Half of Afghans are Multidimensionally Poor: Report
A piece introducing the Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017: Report and Analysis which was co-authored by OPHI and published in March 2019. Read the full article here.
Afghanistan Times, ‘Over Half of Afghans Live in ‘Comprehensive’ Poverty’
An article in Afghanistan Times, following the launch of Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016–2017 which was published in March 2019 and was co-authored by OPHI. Read the article here.
Viet Nam News, ‘ Much to Do in War on Poverty’: an article about multidimensional poverty in Viet Nam
Multidimensional poverty (MDP) in Việt Nam witnessed a significant drop from 15.9 per cent in 2012 to 9.1 per cent in 2016 with some six million people escaping from poverty.
Read the full article here.
Statement to the First Regular Session of the UNDP Executive Board, by UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner: “… in collaboration with Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, we have advanced our work on the Multidimensional Poverty Index to identify those population groups facing severe and intersecting deprivations. Beyond being an official poverty statistic and improving our understanding of poverty, the Multidimensional Poverty Index is an instrument for enhancing governance, by acting as a policy coordination tool, helping to improve national information systems, and fostering accountability of governments.”
Read the full Statement here.
The Bhutanese: “Ex-PM’s Key-Note Address at Oxford Focuses on Monarchy, Sovereignty, Culture, Democracy, Environment, GNH and Welfare”
The Former Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay delivered the main key note address at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford University on 9th January as the main event of the three-day International Society of Bhutan Studies (ISBS) conference.
Read the full article here.
