Register for a MOOC from OPHI and UNDP on Designing a Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019

01 January 2019

UNDP and OPHI are excited to offer you a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Designing a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). This five-week course facilitated in English draws on a handbook, How to Build a National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Using the MPI to inform the SDGs, launched by UNDP and OPHI in July 2019. The MPI complements traditional monetary poverty measures by capturing severe deprivations in education, health, living standards, employment, safety, and many other dimensions of poverty. Using country and sub-national examples, this course offers detailed practical guidance for policymakers, technical experts, and other stakeholders on how to design an MPI at the national and local levels.

MOOC highlights and outcomes

Gain hands-on tools to develop a comprehensive MPI capturing multiple simultaneous deprivations faced by the poor
Interact with experts who are actively engaged in developing national and subnational MPIs
Join the Community-of-Practice committed to ending multidimensional poverty
Take a deep dive into rich learning materials
Receive a certificate of completion from premier international development institutions

Learning objectives

By the time the course is completed, you will be able to:

Understand the steps involved in developing a robust MPI
Examine the normative choices and technical requirements of multidimensional poverty measurement
Understand the key aspects of stakeholder engagement in designing and using an MPI
Monitor, analyze and report progress in reducing multidimensional poverty at national and local levels, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Course completion requirements To receive the certificate of course completion, participants must complete:

Five online lessons

Five weekly quizzes

The final test

The course survey