Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

Oxford Department of International Development

Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

MPI Resources

Latest resources

New:
MPI Research Brief
Key 2011 findings and summary of the MPI method and uses.

New:
 MPI One-pager

The MPI 2011 in brief

New:
 OPHI Research in Progress 32a

Sub-national Disparities and Inter-temporal Evolution of Multidimensional Poverty across Developing Countries

New:
 Mapping the MPI

Explore the world according to MPI – at the national and sub-national level

Updated 7 December

New:
Data Tables

MPI data by country, and sub-national region and for changes to MPI over time

Updated 7 December

New:
 Case studies

Stories of people living in MPI poverty in Bhutan and Dominican Republic

 

New:
109 country profiles
Country-specific profiles and data, including new data on sub-national MPI poverty for 66 countries

Updated 7 December

UNDP Human Development Report 2011

2010 Resources

MPI Summary Alkire & Santos
(2010)		 MPI Case Study
Booklet		 MPI Robustness
Brief
MPI & MDGs
Brief		 OPHI MPI Brief
MPI 2010 dataset here

Download the MPI dataset (Excel file)

The MPI data should be cited as: Alkire, Sabina and Maria Emma Santos. 2010. Multidimensional Poverty Index: 2010 Data. Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Available at: www.ophi.org.uk/policy/multidimensional-poverty-index/.

Please note: OPHI is not able share MPI results with any countries prior to the official launch of the MPI by the Human Development Report Office.

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