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The OPHI email Update is a regular digest of opportunities, announcements and publications, highlighting key resources and information materials. Join the OPHI mailing list to receive OPHI’s e-Update. Previous issues are available to download here.

e-Update March 2012 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Launch of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Apply now for OPHI-HDCA 2012 Summer School
New Chad study to collect data on ‘missing dimensions of poverty data’
OPHI side event at UN Statistical Commission
Collaboration with ECLAC to promote multidimensional poverty in Latin America

PUBLICATIONS

New paper on MPI 2011 data and analysis
New Working Paper: ‘Measurement Errors and Multidimensional Poverty’
Paper on Measuring Corruption to appear in World Bank Economic Review
‘Multidimensional Poverty and its Discontents’ published by AFD and EUDN
New PEP Working Paper on Chad study of ‘missing dimension

CONFERENCES AND TALKS

Podcasts on Multidimensional Poverty
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) conference, Pakistan
Upcoming ~ OPHI to present at CSAE Conference 2012

OPPORTUNITIES

Join OPHI on Twitter
New online training portal

PEOPLE

New researchers and Visiting Research Fellows

e-Update December 2011 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MPI 2011 – Key findings and resources
Announcing Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

PUBLICATIONS

On the Possibility of Measuring Freedom: A Kantian Perspective
Revealed Meta-Preferences: Axiomatic Foundations of Normative Assessments in the Capability Approach
Multidimensional Poverty: Measurement, Estimation, and Inference
Multidimensional Poverty and its Discontents
Where Did Identification Go?

CONFERENCES AND TALKS

Workshop on Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics
South Asia in Transition Conference
Presenting at OECD, HDCA, DSA, UNDP and UNICEF in Dominican Republic and others

OPPORTUNITIES

OPHI-HDCA training course 2012
Join OPHI on Facebook

OPHI PEOPLE

New staff and visitors

e-Update August 2011 [pdf]

PUBLICATIONS

Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement & MP3 (Working Paper 43)
Robust poverty comparisons using Alkire-Foster measures (Working Paper 44)
Beyond Headcount: A New Approach to Child Poverty Measurement (Working Paper 45)
On the Possibility of Measuring Freedom (Research in Progress 27a)
Normative Assessments in the Capability Approach (Research in Progress 26b)

OPHI JOBS

Research Officer ~ Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data

OPHI IN ACTION

OPHI at ECINEQ and IEA
Workshop on Multidimensional Poverty and Social Exclusion
Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America
Egypt training and seminar
Why we need new measures of progress

SURVEY AND WEBSITE

Help OPHI ~ Tell us what you think of the e-Update and website
French Missing Dimensions modules
Join OPHI on Facebook

UPCOMING AT OPHI

Forthcoming OPHI conference appearances
South Asia in Transition – Conference

OPHI PEOPLE

Spring and Summer guest and visitors

e- Update April 2011 [pdf]

OPHI: IN FOCUS

New research on child poverty dynamics
Upcoming OPHI Summer School
Collaborations in Venezuela
MPI updates for Human Development Report 2011
James Foster and Martin Ravallion discuss poverty measurement

OPHI IN ACTION

UNDP-OPHI training course
Participation in the Kolkata Group
Bhutan National Statistics Bureau training
Presenting on ‘Ethics and Development’

PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming journal articles
New OPHI Working Papers
New OPHI Research in Progress

OPPORTUNITIES

OPHI Oxford Seminar series – May – June 2011
Steve Killelea on Economics and Peace – Oxford, 19 May 2011

OPHI PEOPLE

New OPHI staff
New guests and visitors
Staff and visitor updates

e-Update January 2011 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPHI/UNDP Human Development Report Office Training in Oxford in February
2010 UNDP Human Development Report Launched
OPHI and World Bank Co-host Workshop on Inequality of Opportunities
OPHI Director Listed in Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010
Summer School on Multidimensional Poverty in Chile
Multidimensional Poverty and its Discontents ~ AFD-EUDN Conference
The Guardian ~ OPHI Director on the UK Government’s Proposed Happiness Index
Missing Dimensions Collaborators Visit from the Philippines
OPHI in Action
OPHI’s Oxford Seminar Series Will Resume in May 2011

PUBLICATIONS

Alkire Foster ‘Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement’ Forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics
New Results on the Robustness of the MPI to Changes in Weights
New OPHI Working Papers
New OPHI Research in Progress
New OPHI Resources on the MPI

e-Update October 2010 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Colombia Announces Proposal for National Multidimensional Poverty Measure
Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Launched
World Bank Multidimensional Poverty Measurement Workshop
Missing Dimensions Programme in Chile and Nigeria
OPHI Summer School and HDCA Conference in Jordan
New Spanish Summer School on Multidimensional Poverty
OPHI in Action

PUBLICATIONS

New OPHI Working Papers
New OPHI Brochure

OPPORTUNITIES

OPHI’s Oxford Seminar Series
Oxford Health Economics Research Centre Seminar: MPI in Practise

e-Update July 2010 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Financial Times Coverage ~ Sabina Alkire on OPHI’s Approach to Poverty
OPHI to Launch New Poverty Measure with the UNDP Human Development Report
OPHI Measure Attracts High Level Interest in Latin America
New OPHI Website!
OPHI Oxford Workshop on Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality
Results of OPHI’s Missing Dimensions Modules Pilots in Nigeria, Philippines and Sri Lanka
Qualitative Work on Missing Dimensions in Mali, Philippines and Bolivia

PUBLICATIONS

New Working Papers
New Research in Progress
New Book on Missing Dimensions of Poverty Available in Mandarin Chinese

OPPORTUNITIES

International Seminar on New Techniques for Measuring Poverty, Wellbeing and Inequality of Opportunity in Colombia
Multidimensional Measurement and Analysis of Poverty and Progress in the Next Decade
OPHI Summer School and HDCA Conference
OPHI in Action

e-Update April 2010 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UNDP 20th Anniversary Human Development Report
How Can We Improve Measures of Poverty and Wellbeing? ~ Interview with Sabina Alkire
Lecture by Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP ~ Podcast Available
OPHI Research Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education
Improving Equality of Educational Opportunity in India
OPHI in Action
Piloting of OPHI’s Missing Dimensions Modules in Chad, Nigeria and Sri Lanka
New Working Papers
New Research in Progress

OPPORTUNITIES

International Conference on Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America
Summer School on Capability and Multidimensional Poverty Get Involved! Student Grants and Visiting
Fellows
OPHI Lunchtime Seminar Series

e-Update February 2010 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mexico Adopts New Poverty Measure Co-Developed by OPHI
Missing Dimensions Resources Available in French
New E-Chapter on Measuring Poverty Available ~ Free
OPHI in Action

OPPORTUNITIES

International Conference on Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America
OPHI’s Oxford Lunchtime Seminar Series

e-Update December 2009 [pdf]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Piloting of Missing Dimensions Modules in the Philippines
Amartya Sen addresses crowds in Oxford ~ Podcasts Available
Missing Dimensions of Poverty Survey in Chile
New Working Papers
New Research in Progress

e-Update November 2009 [pdf]

OPPORTUNITIES

Roundtable: ‘Economics and The Idea of Justice’
Distinguished Public Lecture by Amartya Sen
Seminar: Social Guarantees for the Eradication of Poverty in Chile
OPHI Lunchtime Seminar Series
Get Involved! Research, Visiting Fellows and Volunteers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPHI Research Featured in UNICEF’s Child Poverty Insights
OPHI at 3rd OECD World Forum, Busan, South Korea
New E-Textbook Available – Free
Recent Working Papers
OPHI Presentations in Washington DC

e-Update October 2009 [pdf]

OPPORTUNITIES

Distinguished Public Lecture by Amartya Sen
OPHI Lunchtime Seminar Series

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sarkozy Commission Appeals for Better Data and Stronger Measures
HDCA Conference in Lima, Peru: Proceedings on Poverty, Participation & Power
OPHI to Exhibit at 3rd OECD World Forum, Busan, South Korea
HDCA Textbook Available from Earthscan
Recent Working Papers
Recent Research in Progress

e-Update September 2009 [pdf]

OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Proposals for analysis of Chilean data on Missing Dimensions – deadline 15 September 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPHI Workshop on ‘Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data’ in Durban , South Africa
Recent Working Papers
Summer School on Capability and Multidimensional Poverty
New Textbook Launched: An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach
New People at OPHI

e-Update July/August 2009 [pdf]

OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Proposals for analysis of Chilean data on Missing Dimensions – deadline 15 September 2009
Call for Participants for Missing Dimensions workshop, Durban, 16 August 2009
Get involved! Visiting and Sabbatical Fellows – next deadline 1 September 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Multidimensional Measurement in Different Contexts: workshop report and papers
OPHI ‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement’ poster available
Revised survey modules and the full Chilean survey for each Missing Dimension available
OPHI-CBMS collaboration in the Philippines on Missing Dimensions census
Research in Progress – new postings

e-Update June 2009 [pdf]

OPPORTUNITIES

Get involved! Research and Visiting Fellows, Work Exchange, and Volunteers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The IADB Adapts OPHI measure for Targeting Beneficiaries in Oportunidades, Mexico
OPHI Measure Used in Creating the Bhutan Gross National Happiness Index
New OPHI Working Paper
New ‘Research in Progress’ series
OPHI ‘Missing Dimensions’ poster