Third annual meeting of the global Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network held in Colombia

The third annual meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network was hosted by the Government of Colombia from 2-3 June 2015 in Cartagena. More than 100 policymakers and senior officials came together for the two-day meeting to discuss developing and applying multidimensional poverty measures.

President Santos of Colombia attended the event and addressed the MPPN on the first day of the meeting. He talked about the importance of multidimensional poverty measurement for the Colombian government.

The MPPN is a South-South initiative coordinated by OPHI that supports policymakers to develop multidimensional poverty measures.

Read the communiqué agreed at the event. 

The videos and interviews from the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network meeting that took place in the summer of 2015 in Cartagena, Colombia are now available. The videos feature the keynote speech from Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a round table discussion with Colombian ministers working on that country’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), and a presentation by OPHI Director Sabina Alkire on the role of the Global MPI for the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Delegates from countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean gave short presentations on the first steps and developments in the implementation of national MPIs. China, South Africa, Honduras, Vietnam and Turkey are among the countries that presented their experiences. Representatives from Costa Rica, Senegal and the Philippines were interviewed about their national MPI work. 

OPHI researchers presented the main findings and analysis of the Global MPI and announced the launch of the book “Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis". 

Further information

• Regional coverage of the meeting in Latin American media: Ecuadorinmediato, Portafolio.co and Prensa Latina.
• Communiqué 
• Agenda
• Photos of the event
• Full list of videos and presentations
• Find out more about the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) and the application of multidimensional poverty measures in different areas of the world.