Measuring and reducing poverty in all its dimensions at 47th UN Statistical Commission

Speaker(s):
Multiple
UN Statistical Commission Side Event
Monday 07th March 2016
13:15 - 14:30 GMT
UN Headquarters, New York

OPHI and the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) hosted a side event, ‘Measuring and reducing poverty in all its dimensions,’ at the 47th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York. 

This side event highlighted the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as a tool that can measure poverty in all its dimensions and fulfil SDG indicator 1.2.2. It was held on Monday, 7 March, from 1:15 – 2:30 PM, in Conference Room A (CB). 

Featuring a high-level dialogue among eminent panellists, this event showed how National MPIs provide rigorous statistics on poverty, and tools for targeting, monitoring, and coordination of anti-poverty programs. As such, these indices serve as governance tools. The event also showed how developing countries can use the global Multidimensional Poverty Index to analyse poverty and to compare progress across countries. 

Confirmed speakers included:

  • Mauricio Perfetti, Director, Administrative Department of National Statistics, Colombia
  • José Rosero, Executive Director, National Institute of Statistics and Census, Ecuador
  • Julio Santaella,  President, National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico
  • Aboubacar Sedikh Beye, Director General, National Agency for Statistics and Demography, Senegal
  • Pali Lehohla, Statistician-General, Statistics South Africa, South Africa
  • Hedi Saidi, General Director National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia
  • Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, and Oliver T. Carr Jr. Professor and Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University

Comments from the floor were offered by additional participants including:

  • Damar Maceo Cruz, Director General of Statistics, Cuba
  • AbouBakr El Gendy, President, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt
  • Belkacem Abdous, Director of Statistics, High Commission for Planning, Morocco
  • Aníbal Sánchez Aguilar, Chief, National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), Peru
  • Romeo S. Recide, Deputy National Statistician, Office of the National Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippines
  • Martin Evans, Specialist in Child Poverty, Division of Policy and Strategy, UNICEF

For more highlights of the discussion.