Using the MPI as a Tool for Crafting Government Responses

This webinar presented the experience of the National Statistics Office of Colombia (DANE) in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and introduced the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index developed at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) to help with identifying communities at greater risk of COVID-19. Speakers Juan Daniel Oviedo – Director of the National Statistics Office, Colombia (DANE) Sabina Alkire – Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford Monica Pinilla – Co-Director of Metrics and Policy, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, (OPHI) University of Oxford Moderators Gonzalo Hernandez Licona. Executive Director of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) Felipe Roa-Clavijo, Researcher, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. To learn more about the Colombian experience, visit Using the MPI as a tool for crafting government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic | MPPN