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Colombia launches a Municipal Multidimensional Poverty Measure

Publicado el: February 3rd, 2020 Por MPPN

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia launched the Municipal Multidimensional Poverty Measure of Censal Source. This measurement is made up of five dimensions: educational conditions of the household, conditions of children and youth, health, work and housing conditions and access to public services. These 5 dimensions involve 15 indicators. In this methodology, households with deprivation in at least 33.3% of the indicators are considered in poverty.

 

Incidence of municipal poverty

Municipalities with highest levels of municipal multidimensional poverty predominate in Orinoquía-Amazonia and Pacifica regions, and municipalities with lowest percentages are located in Central and Eastern regions of the country. Highest municipal multidimensional poverty incidence rates were presented in: Uribia (La Guajira) with 92.2%, Cumaribo (Vichada) with 91.4% and Alto Baudó (Chocó) with 90.6%. Municipalities with lowest incidence of multidimensional poverty were Sabaneta with 4.5% and Envigado with 4.9% in Antioquia and Chía (Cundinamarca) with 6.7%.

More information is available in Spanish.

Source: DANE.

Colombia launches a Municipal Multidimensional Poverty Measure

Publicado el: February 3rd, 2020 Por MPPN

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia launched the Municipal Multidimensional Poverty Measure of Censal Source. This measurement is made up of five dimensions: educational conditions of the household, conditions of children and youth, health, work and housing conditions and access to public services. These 5 dimensions involve 15 indicators. In this methodology, households with deprivation in at least 33.3% of the indicators are considered in poverty.

 

Incidence of municipal poverty

Municipalities with highest levels of municipal multidimensional poverty predominate in Orinoquía-Amazonia and Pacifica regions, and municipalities with lowest percentages are located in Central and Eastern regions of the country. Highest municipal multidimensional poverty incidence rates were presented in: Uribia (La Guajira) with 92.2%, Cumaribo (Vichada) with 91.4% and Alto Baudó (Chocó) with 90.6%. Municipalities with lowest incidence of multidimensional poverty were Sabaneta with 4.5% and Envigado with 4.9% in Antioquia and Chía (Cundinamarca) with 6.7%.

More information is available in Spanish.

Source: DANE.

New Report on Multidimensional Poverty in the Municipalities of Angola

Publicado el: December 2nd, 2019 Por MPPN

This report presents the levels and composition of the multidimensional poverty of Angola’s 164 municipalities, using data from the General Population and Housing Census (2014 Census). The report assesses the challenges that each municipality faces in relation to its development process, through a broad conception of poverty aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, this effort contributes to the fulfillment of SDG 1.2.2 which promotes poverty reduction in all its forms and dimensions.

According to the report, sixty-five of the 164 municipalities in Angola’s eighteen provinces have a 90 percent incidence of multidimensional poverty.

 

This report is available here (in Portuguese).

Poverty research by OPHI wins Oxford prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize

Publicado el: November 22nd, 2019 Por MPPN

The Queen approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prize in the thirteenth round of the scheme, which has recognised the work of OPHI on the measurement and understanding of global poverty and the contribution of its applied research to improving policymaking in poverty reduction by governments and international agencies.

More info here.

New Free Online Course!

Publicado el: October 30th, 2019 Por MPPN

On this course, carried out in English, you will learn to develop a holistic multidimensional poverty index that integrates income-based inequalities with deprivations across health, education, housing, sanitation, employment and livelihoods, food security, environment, and other living standards to inform the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This free five weeks MOOC starts on 16 March 2020.

More info and pre-registration here.