Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network Launch: Podcasts and Presentations
News
08 June 2013
OPHI News
The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) was formally launched in Oxford by President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, with high-level representatives from Mexico and around 20 other governments, on 6-7 June 2013.
The launch events included a Policy Symposium on 6 June, a speech by President Santos, a Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Amartya Sen, and a series of roundtables on Multidimensional Poverty: National and Subnational Applications on 7 June. All presentations given during the launch were filmed and can be viewed below, and the accompanying presentations downloaded.
See an agenda of the launch events and a list of international participants.
Policy Symposium (6 June 2013)
| Video | Presentation |
| Introduction – by Sabina Alkire | |
| Mexico – Dr Gonzalo Hernández, Executive Secretary of CONEVAL, Mexico | |
| Columbia – Mr Bruce Mac Master, Director, Department for Social Prosperity (DPS), Colombia | Presentation |
| China – Mr Zheng Wenkai, Vice Minister, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP), China | Presentation |
| Mexico – Mr Enrique González Tiburcio, Advisors’ Coordinator, Social Development Secretary (SEDESOL), Mexico | Presentation |
Morocco - Dr Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah,President, the National Observatory of Human Development, Morocco | Presentation |
Morocco - Mr Ayache Khelaf, High Commission for Planning, Morocco | |
| India – Professor Abhijit Sen, Member of the Planning Commission, India | |
Brazil - Dr Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi, National Secretary of Evaluation and Information Management, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil | Presentation |
| Malaysia – Datuk Dr Rahamat Bivi Bt. Yusoff, Director General of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia | Presentation |
El Salvador - Ms Leslie Quiñones,Technical Under-Secretary of the Presidency, El Salvador | Presentation |
Speech by President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia (6 June 2013)
| HE Dr Juan Manuel Santos | Presentation |
Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Amartya Sen on ‘Discovery of Women’ (6 June 2013)
Professor Amartya Sen |
Multidimensional Poverty: National and Subnational Applications
(7 June 2013)
| Video | Presentation |
| Professor James Foster & Dr Sabina Alkire, OPHI & George Washington University | Presentation |
| Dr José Manuel Roche & Dr Suman Seth, Research Officers, OPHI | Presentation |
| Dr Wang Xiaolin, Director of Research Division, International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), China | Presentation |
| Ms Leslie Quiñones, Technical Under-Secretary of the Presidency, El Salvador | |
| Mr Ronaldo Araújo Pedron, Deputy Governor, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Presentation |
| Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, Minister and Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Nigeria | Presentation |
| Dr Amal Shlash, General Director, Department of Economic Studies, Iraq | Presentation |
| Dr Soledad Arellano, Under-Secretary of Social Evaluation, Chile | Presentation |
| Mr Ayache Khelaf, High Commission for Planning, Morocco | Presentation |
Dr Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi, National Secretary of Evaluation and Information Management, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil |