This report presents the findings of the national MPI for Seychelles. The Seychelles MPI was developed by the Poverty Alleviation Department and the National Bureau of Statistics of Seychelles with technical support from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). As a high-income country, and a Small Island Developing State, the challenges faced by Seychelles in poverty reduction are different from other contexts. Seychelles’ MPI, which includes innovative indicators on obesity, substance abuse and crime, can help policymakers identify those being left behind and target their programmes more effectively.
As many of our colleagues are highlighting, there will be many more ‘new poor’ or ‘differently poor’ people as a result of COVID-19. This virus is already exacerbating inequalities in society globally in ways perhaps that we had not predicted.
The side event was chaired by Risenga Maluleke, the Statistician-General of Statistics South Africa. Speakers included representatives from the National Statistical Offices of Angola, Botswana, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mongolia, Paraguay, Philippines, Tanzania and Uganda as well as from OPHI and the MPPN.