Multidimensional Poverty Index 2010 (8 pages)

OPHI Policy Briefing 01 

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) has developed a new international measure of poverty – the Multidimensional Poverty Index or MPI – for the 20th Anniversary edition of the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship Human Development Report. The new innovative index goes beyond a traditional focus on income to reflect the multiple deprivations that a poor person faces with respect to education, health and living standard. This briefing summarises the new method and key findings and shows how the MPI can be used.

Citation: Alkire, S. and Santos, M.P. (2010). 'Multidimensional Poverty Index', OPHI Briefing 01, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.

This briefing counts also as Global MPI Report No. 1 (2010).