Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

Oxford Department of International Development

Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

OPHI Teaching

As part of its commitment to educational outreach, OPHI provides training seminars and short courses designed to serve the academic, practitioner, and policy communities involved in human development, as well as online materials for students and educators. Subjects include  survey design and implementation, the academic underpinnings of rigorous multidimensional poverty measurement, the capability approach,  and other human development topics.

OPHI’s teaching activities include:

  • Short Courses – each year OPHI offers a summer school, as well as other short courses
  • Training – OPHI provides training to project partners
  • Resources for Educators – curriculum, links, and pedogogy modules for instructors
  • Multimedia Resourcesthe complete library of OPHI videos, audio files, problem sets, and Powerpoints

OPHI also recommends the Human Development and Capability Association’s educational materials.

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An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach ~ Freedom and Agency OPHI supported the development of this new textbook aimed at students in the social sciences and development practitioners. It provides an introduction to Amartya Sen’s human development and capability approach. Download as a free e-textbook from IDRC.

Counting and Multidimensional Poverty A non-technical, policy oriented summary of the Alkire and Foster method for measuring multidimensional poverty is available to download as an e-chapter.

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