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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