22 May 2023 – The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dr Lotay Tshering, launched the 2022 Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index for Bhutan today. The GNH Index measures the population’s overall wellbeing and happiness across nine domains. Addresses were also offered by researchers at Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies that led the work, as well as Achim Steiner (Administrator, UNDP), Mathias Cormann (Director General, OECD), who profiled the timely relevance of this study on the international stage.
In 2016, 2017 and 2018 many countries reported progress on multidimensional poverty reduction in their Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) presented to the UN. Below we highlight excerpts of these documents and link to the full reports for reference.
The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka launched the national Multidimensional Poverty Index and child Multidimensional Poverty Index today as official statistics to guide poverty reduction in Sri Lanka.
Belize City, Belize. March 8, 2023 – The Statistical Institute of Belize today presented its findings on the country’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) study. This study, conducted as a part of the September 2021 Labour Force Survey, was carried out with technical and financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Development Programme, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, and the Caribbean Development Bank.