New blog post: Seeing Poverty Up Close

A new blog post from OPHI’s Sabina Alkire explores how the recent updates of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) provide a detailed picture of poverty, revealing the multiple disadvantages experienced by the poor across different regions of countries.

It highlights how the Global MPI can be broken down to reveal which regions and groups are poorest, and which are reducing poverty the fastest, providing a detailed map that enables policymakers to  target resources and initiatives effectively.

Read the full blog post on ‘Debating Development’, a blog from the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development.