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Targeting and Evaluation

The MPI is used for different kinds of targeting:

Geographical targeting: When the MPI is calculate from surveys that can be disaggregated subnationally or from census data, it is possible to map poverty and use the MPI to examine the poorest areas. If this information is available over time, it can be used to monitor whether these regions are making progress in reducing poverty or if they are being left behind. Targeting of the poorest areas should be complemented with analyses of of more prosperous regions where large numbers of poor people live alongside wealthier citizens.

Household or individual targeting: The MPI can also be used to target households to ensure they receive benefits that will reduce their MPI deprivations. A well-designed MPI built directly from census data or from beneficiary surveys may have far fewer errors of inclusion and exclusion in identifying the MPI poor than Proxy Means Tests. It is also easy to calculate and explain.

Honduras uses a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for policy targeting

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The Government of Honduras has launched a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) to provide electronic vouchers for food, medicines
and biosafety equipment targeted to independent workers and self-employed persons hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honduras launches innovative transfer program in response to COVID-19

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The Government of Honduras, with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched “Single Voucher” (Bono Unico), an innovative social protection program aimed at supporting the most vulnerable population affected by COVID-19 in Honduras. The Single Voucher is a one-time subsidy of $82 dollars (2,000 lempiras) delivered through an electronic voucher that can be exchanged for food, medicine and /or medical supplies to up to 260,000 persons in the country in the next three months.

Using the MPI as a tool for crafting government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

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Just two years ago in 2018, DANE carried out the National Population and Housing Census which estimated the five dimensions and 15 indicators of Colombia’s MPI. This analysis is now being cross-checked and used as a critical tool for crafting and targeting the government’s response to COVID-19. In a country where informal work accounts for 45% of the population in urban areas and more than 60% in rural areas, there is a pressing need to target those who need it most in the midst of the pandemic.

‘Involving the Private Sector Is the Right Idea for Ramping Up the Fight against Poverty’

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Dimensions spoke with Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría, Second Vice President of Costa Rica, about collaborating with the private sector and how the government is using the national Multidimensional Poverty Index. This indicator, she claims, will make the distribution of public resources more efficient, and the hope is that it will also encourage transparency in institutional activities.

“Nowadays we do not create public policies for housing that do not take the local environment into account”

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Chile launched an official Multidimensional Poverty Index in 2015. A year and a half later, this index was modified to add local environment to the Housing dimension and a fifth innovative dimension: networks and social cohesion. Dimensions Magazine spoke with Heidi Berner, Undersecretary of Social Evaluation of the Chilean Ministry of Social Development, about these additions and the way the State is using the MPI in the design and implementation of public policies.