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MPI Resources

Press Release: Launch of the Multidimensional Poverty Index

OPHI Research Brief on the Multidimensional Poverty Index

Alkire, S. and Santos, M.E. 2010. Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries. OPHI Working Paper 38

Illuminating People’s Lives Booklet

See OPHI’s Multidimensional Poverty Index Country Briefings for country-specific summaries

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/.

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