OPHI invites applications for its inaugural course Leaders Programme: Using the MPI as a Policy Tool. This five-day online programme will be held 23–27 August, and is aimed at senior government officials and top-level policymakers.
OPHI Executive Education is designed to provide senior government officials and top-level policymakers with practical knowledge to lead national, regional and global efforts for poverty reduction by using the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as a policy tool.
Days after the approval of the Andorran Declaration by the Ibero-American Heads of State and Government, and in the backdrop of the XXVII Ibero-American Summit, the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) celebrated a regional event which discussed the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as a tool for governance in the region. The event was co-hosted by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), as the Secretariat of the MPPN, together with the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
26 February 2021 – The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) hosted an online side event at the 52nd United Nations Statistical Commission entitled ‘Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An SDG Indicator, an Official Statistic, and a Policy Tool’ yesterday.
The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) is pleased to announce our High-Level Side-Event at the UN Statistical Commission which will take place on Thursday, 25th February 2021 at 9:00AM New York time on Zoom. The event will be chaired by Mr Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General of South Africa.