Global MPI 2018 launch

20 September 2018

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UNDP- MPI launch at Scandinavia House in 2018

Presentation of results:

Master of ceremony: Mr Selim Jahan, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Welcome remarks by Mr Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP
MPI 2018 –Key findings by Ms Usha Kanagaratnam, Research Officer, (OPHI)
Comment by Professor Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate

High-Level panel discussion:

Host: Mr Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP
Mr Akihiko Nishio, Acting Vice President, World Bank
Mr Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, UN DESA
Mr Ignacio Saiz, Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights
Ms Sabina Alkire, Director, OPHI

During the launch of the Global MPI 2018, Achim Steiner further highlighted that if development is about being more precise about directing the limited resources governments have and the indicators of the global MPI can aid that process.