OPHI
Oxford Poverty &
Human Development Initiative
our
purpose
To build a multidimensional economic
framework for reducing poverty grounded in
people’s experiences and values.
New Multidimensional Poverty Index analysis ~ 2011
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty developed by OPHI for the UNDP’s flagship Human Development Report.
New work in 2011 includes:
- Calculations and analysis for sub-national regions across 66 countries
- Analysis of changes of MPI over time for 10 countries
- Calculations for 5 new countries and updates for 20 more
- Research in Progress
- Paper on sub-national disparities and changes to multidimensional poverty over time– read paper
- VIDEO: MPI Policy Forum and Discussion
- Professors Jeffrey Sachs and James Foster comment on the new MPI findings presented by OPHI
- Research briefing
- Key findings, methodology and overview of new work for 2011
Additional MPI web resources include:
- NEW - One page summary - 2011 findings, in brief
- NEW - Country profiles MPI facts by country, including new sub-national poverty data for 66 countries
- NEW - Data tables – updated for data tables, featuring sub-national data and changes to MPI over time
- NEW - Poverty maps – explore MPI results at the national and sub-national level
- NEW - Case studies from the ground - new stories from Bhutan and Dominican Republic
- MPI pages in full – read OPHI’s updated MPI pages
- Read the HDR 2011 – visit the UNDP HDRO website
Why did my country’s MPI change? Click for an overview of country changes in 2011
Podcasts
Audio and video content introducing OPHI work on multidimensional poverty measurement and the missing dimensions of poverty data, plus lectures from OPHI’s advisors such as Amartya Sen.
Spotlight - Video training materials
- How to create multidimensional poverty measures
- Video introduction to the Alkire Foster method
- Video, slides and reading materials