OPHIOxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
“Freedom is an irreducibly plural concept.”
Amartya Sen, Rationality and Freedom, 2002 p 585.
Recent OPHI News & Publications
Meaningful Measures of Poverty in 2010: Mexico and Beyond - Mexico adopts new poverty measure co-developed by OPHI. read more
International Conference on Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America - OPHI is teaming up with ECLAC, the Chilean Government and FSP in Chile. read more
Missing Dimensions Resources Available in French - Download OPHI's poster and integrated modules tested in Chad. read more
New E-Chapter on Measuring Poverty Available ~ Free - A non-technical summary of the Alkire and Foster method for measuring poverty read more
Re-phrasing Human Development - Listen to the podcast of Sabina Alkire's lecture at IDS. read more
OPHI Roundtable ~ Economics and the Idea of Justice - Watch the video podcast. read more
Piloting of Missing Dimensions Modules in the Philippines - OPHI's modules have been piloted among 500 households and are available to download in Tagalog. read more
Missing Dimensions of Poverty Survey in Chile - Analysis of the survey data is underway and prelminary results are presented. read more
Watch and listen to Amartya Sen's lecture on The Pursuit of Justice - Video and audio podcasts of the lecture are now available to download. read more
Amartya Sen addresses overflowing Sheldonian on Justice - Podcast available here next week. read more
MPs, academics and policymakers debate economics - Nearly 400 people attended a 3-hour Roundtable on Economics and the Idea of Justice. Podcast available. read more
OPHI Research Featured in UNICEF's Child Poverty Insights Read the newsletter in English, French and Spanish. read more
Seminar: Social Guarantees for the Eradication of Poverty in Chile 1pm, Tuesday 17 November, Queen Elizabeth House. read more
OPHI Presentations in Washington DC OPHI researchers present to IDB, UNDP and the World Bank. read more
OPHI at 3rd OECD World Forum, Busan, South Korea OPHI has produced a CD-Rom on ‘Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data’. read more
Sarkozy Commission appeals for better data and stronger measures OPHI background paper among those prepared for the Commission. read more
HDCA Conference in Lima Peru: Proceedings on Poverty, Participation & Power Conference papers and videos available and news article discussing key issues. read more
New Textbook Launched: An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach OPHI has supported the development of a new textbook aimed at students in the social sciences and development practitioners. read more
OPHI-CBMS collaboration underway in Philippines OPHI has begun collaborating with the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) read more
Call for Proposals for analysis of Chilean data on Missing Dimensions ~ deadline 15 September read more
Survey Modules for each Missing Dimension are available in English and Spanish, updated July 2009. read more
purpose
To build a multidimensional
economic framework
for reducing poverty
grounded in people’s
experiences and values.