Videos: MPI for Budget Allocation in Costa Rica

In October 2015, the government of Costa Rica announced the implementation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). In April 2016, the “Consejo de Gobierno” agreed to adopt the results of the MPI as one of the criteria for institutional resources planning and allocation.

The first video explains the benefits of using the MPI for public administration; the second one describes how to use the MPI to allocate institutional resources (both in Spanish).

Video 1. MPI Attributes

Video 2. Steps to use the MPI to allocate institutional resources