Launch of the 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) will be launched on 17 July in New York during the High-Level Political Forum of the UN.

Presenting the report and its key findings will be Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO), and Sabina Alkire, Director of OPHI.

The presentation will be followed by a high-level discussion among the panellists. Nabeela Tunis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Sierra Leone, and Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary of CONEVAL in Mexico.

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