On behalf of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN), we are deeply honoured to invite you to attend the in-person side event ‘Multidimensional Poverty Data: Post-Pandemic Insights and Policy Applications’ at the 54th UN Statistical Commission. The event will take place on Tuesday 28th February 2023, 8:00 AM (NY) at the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations 828 2nd Ave, 10017 New York; coffee and pastries will be available from 7:45 AM. Please register here.  

In keeping with the 2023 UNSC theme of ‘Data and Indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, this event will convene Statistician Generals to share their insights and experiences with developing and using Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) to reduce poverty. The event is in-person only, and interventions will be held in English. 

The most recent UNDP-OPHI global Multidimensional Poverty Index report raised an urgent call for the data revolution not to leave household survey-based poverty data behind. It is also very useful to share improvements or nuances on post-pandemic data collection and on the inclusion of MPI indicators in this census round. Governments, agencies and other interested stakeholders will benefit from this knowledge exchange to work towards better data for better lives.  

Participants:

• Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, StatsSA, South Africa  ( Video message )
• Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria ( Event Host )
• Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician, Department of Statistics, Malaysia
• Iván Mauricio Ojeda, National Director, National Institute for Statistics (INE), Paraguay 
• Ali Mohamed Abbas, Director General, Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan 
• Batdavaa Batmunkh, Chairperson, National Statistics Office, Mongolia 
• Pak Kadir, Team Coordinator of Chief Statistician Materials Preparation, Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Indonesia 
• Ariadna Diaz, Presidency Advisors’ Coordinator, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico  
• Carlos Ramirez, Poverty Analysis Coordinator, National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), Colombia 
• Ahmed Gamal, Statistician & Data Engineer, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt  
• Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford (MPPN Updates).

Moderator (on behalf of Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, South Africa) Pali Lehohla, former Statistician General, South Africa and Research Associate, OPHI, University of Oxford.

If you would like to join us, please register in advance. Do not hesitate in contacting us at mppn@qeh.ox.ac.uk if you have further questions. 

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