The MPI as a Tool for Achieving Poverty Reduction Goals (8 pages)

This Policy Briefing describes the process of creating the Multidimensional Poverty Index of Costa Rica as an official tool for measuring poverty, guiding the allocation of resources, and monitoring and evaluating social programmes.

OPHI Briefing 51 is also available in SPANISH.

Citation: Fernández Arauz, A. (2019). 'The MPI as a tool for achieving poverty reduction goals', OPHI Policy Briefing 51, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.