OPHI and the MPPN held an online Side Event at the 75th UN General Assembly for 21 world leaders and policymakers to discuss how to reduce poverty in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The leaders’ attitude towards reducing poverty during the COVID-19 hyper-event and recession was well articulated by Pakistan’s Sania Nishtar: ‘Let’s not waste this chance’.
On 25 September at the UN Headquarters in New York, OPHI held a Side Event during the SDG Summit[1] at the 74th UN General Assembly for 19 high level speakers to share their experiences of using multidimensional poverty indices to lead progress in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG1: end poverty in all its forms everywhere.
On 5th March 2019, the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) hosted a side event at the 50th United Nations Statistical Commission titled “Multidimensional Poverty: Measurement for Action.” More than 70 statisticians and other stakeholders gathered in New York to discuss progress and issues with developing and implementing multidimensional poverty measures to reduce poverty and encourage policies that leave no one behind in the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).