UN Statistical Commission Side Event 2021

Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An SDG Indicator, an Official Statistic, and a Policy Tool MPPN Side Event at the 52nd UN Statistical Commission in 2021.

Chair: Risenga Maluleke Statistician General, Statistics South Africa Steering Committee, Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN). 

Speaker Presentations: 

• Hasibullah Mowahed, Deputy Director General, National Statistics and Information Authority, Afghanistan 
• Mohammad Tajul Islam, Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 
• Samuel K. Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service 
• Julio Santaella, President, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico 
• Batdavaa Batmunkh, Chairman, National Statistics Office of Mongolia 
• Alex Shimuafeni, Statistician-General and CEO, Namibia Statistics Agency 
• Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director, National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), Colombia 
• Jawad Al-Saleh, Assistant of PCBS President for the Development of Statistical Affairs, Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics 
• Jameson Ndawala, Director, Demography and Social Media Statistics, Malawi National Statistical Office 
• Iván Mauricio Ojeda, National Director, National Institute for Statistics (INE) Paraguay 
• Dennis S. Mapa, National Statistician, Philippine Statistics Authority 
• Sylvia Meku, Director General, National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania 
• Nozipho Shabalala, Chief Director for Poverty and Inequality Statistics, Statistics South Africa 
• Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) 
• Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Director, Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN)