2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index: Illuminating Inequalities

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was launched on 17 July at the Japan Society in New York during the High-Level Political Forum of the UN.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO), and Sabina Alkire, Director of OPHI presented the report and its key findings.

The presentation was followed by a high-level discussion from the expert panel which included Nabeela Tunis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Sierra Leone, and Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary of CONEVAL in Mexico.

For more info see Global MPI 2019 launches in New York.