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Advancing the framework for multidimensional poverty reduction

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) develops national and global measures for multidimensional poverty and wellbeing based on the Alkire-Foster method. This is a statistical method grounded in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach that creates a counting-based index which can be broken down into an information platform telling us more about the nature of people’s lives. 

Source for graphic: Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024

Across 112 countries, 1.1 billion people, 18% live in acute multidimensional poverty

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'Living instruments of governance': leaders share key insights on using MPI at UNGA 80

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25 September 2025
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OPHI's new Advanced Course wraps up after a week of intensive study

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12 August 2025
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Bangladesh launches an official National MPI

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01 August 2025
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‘We can't end poverty if we can’t measure it accurately’: HLPF Side Event explores how MPIs accelerate SDG progress

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15 July 2025
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Measuring Children’s Multidimensional Poverty under Constraints: An Empirical Exploration in Punjab, Pakistan

Rizwan ul Haq and Sabina Alkire
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Resilient Human Development: Advancing Human Development amidst Shocks and Crises

Sabina Alkire
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EICV7 Multidimensional Poverty 2025: Thematic report

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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National MPI Directory

A directory of countries which have adopted official National MPIs to measure poverty. 

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Global MPI 2024

According to the global MPI 2024, 1.1 billion people (18.3% of the population) are multidimensionally poor. The report Poverty amid conflict examines some of the ways in which poverty and conflict intersect.  

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OPHI Updates

Subscribe to our e-newsletter for the latest news about multidimensional poverty measurement, events and publications.

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The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN)

A growing global South-South network of 61 countries and 19 organizations that focuses on multidimensional poverty and the adoption and implementation of MPIs.

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MPI and the SDGs

The MPI is a tool for monitoring progress towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals including Goal 1 to end poverty and Goals 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 11. 

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OPHI Executive Education

OPHI Executive Education trains senior policymakers and leaders from all sectors in how to use Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) and other Alkire-Foster-based measures to reduce poverty.

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