Multidimensional Poverty & Inequality: New Methods & Research Directions
OPHI's workshop on new methods and research directions in multidimensional poverty and inequality discussed innovative new techniques to measure multiple dimensions of life. Participants included senior academics, students and representatives from international agencies. The workshop was co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report Office, who OPHI is collaborating with on work towards the 2010 UNDP Human Development Report.
14 June
-Introduction to OPHI James Foster
-Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Methodology and Results for 104 countries Sabina Alkire and Maria Emma Santos
-Public Lecture: Multidimensional Inequality Measurement and the Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index François Bourguignon
15 June
-Multidimensional Poverty: Further Analyses and Methods
- Decompositions by region and ethnicity, Suman Seth
- Trends in MPI, Mauricio Apablaza & Gaston Yalonetzky
- Types of Multidimensional Poverty, Jose Manuel Roche
- Ground reality check: MPI stories from the field, Sarah Valenti & Indrajit Roy
- Estimated MD Poverty & identifying the poor in Pakistan, Arif Naveed
- MD poverty with cardinal and ordinal attributes, Kristof Bosmans & Florent Bessons
-A household-based Human Development Index Stephan Klasen
-Designing the Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index Sabina Alkire and James Foster
-Research Directions in Multidimensional Poverty Sonia Bhalotra, Francois Bourguignon, Conchita D’Ambrosio, Stefan Dercon, Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Valpy Fitzgerald, Anne-Catherine Guio, David McLennan, Brian Nolan, Frances Stewart (5 – 10 minute presentations each)
16 June
-Estimating Multidimensional Poverty and Identifying the Poor in Pakistan Arif Naveed Discussants: Nicolas Ruiz and Chrysanthi Hatzimasoura
-Trends in Multidimensional Poverty Index in 13 Countries Mauricio Apablaza and Gaston Yalonetzky
-Multidimensional Poverty Measures with Ordinal and Cardinal Attributes Kristof Bosmans Discussants: James Foster and Conchita D’Ambrosio
-Multidimensional Poverty Measurement without the Strong Focus Axiom Florent Bresson Discussants: Gaston Yalonetzky and Indranil Dutta