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DIMENSIONS
Magazine on Multidimensional Poverty
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Dimensions 16
- Editorial by Sabina Alkire and Fanni Kovesdi
- Child Indicators for Multidimensional Poverty Indices by José Manuel Roche
- Data to Measure Multidimensional Poverty: The Work Dimension by Ricardo Nogales
- Voice and Agency in the Measurement of Poverty by Ana Vaz
- Measuring Social Connectedness in Multidimensional Poverty Surveys by Kim Samuel, Samuel McQuillen, and Prenika Anand
- Moving Forward the Education Data Frontier in Household Surveys by Maria Emma Santos
- Health Questionnaire for a Multidimensional Poverty Index by Mónica Pinilla–Roncancio
- Nutrition Indicators for a Truly Global Multidimensional Poverty Index by Aparna John
- Enhancing the Measurement of Housing and Services Deprivations in Multidimensional Poverty Indices by Adriana Conconi
- Integrating Environmental Indicators into Multidimensional Poverty Measurement by Derek A. Ocheng
- Interview with Sunita Kishor: ‘It will be important to not let the ”perfect” or ”ideal” be the enemy of what is feasible based on availability’.
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- Book Review: The Battle Against Poverty by Ana María Marín Morales
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“The MPI is a great contribution to transparency in public management” Interview with Iván Ojeda Poverty Index by Kelly-Ann Fonderson National MPI of Thailand: The compilation process and the policy uses by Rawirin Techaploog and Suphannada Lowhachai The South African COVID-19 Vulnerability Index by Risenga Maluleke Emergencies by Jakob Dirksen bMPI supporting the private sector to achieve the eradication of multidimensional poverty in Costa Rica by Andrés Fernández Breakthrough: The Power to Break the Poverty Cycle by John Hammock Simulations and Multidimensional Poverty: Reflections on a COVID-19 evaluation study by Nicolai Suppa and Ricardo Nogales OPHI Executive Education: a new journey to support leaders and policymakers in their effort to confront poverty by Michelle Muschett Data of the Month
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Dimensions 12
The Revised Arab MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index for Arab Countries by Khalid Abu-Ismail, Vladimir Hlasny, Sama El-Hage Sleiman, and Manuella Nehme Going beyond the global MPI: a new international measure for moderate poverty by Fanni Kovesdi Multidimensional poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: trends and projections prior to the COVID-19 pandemic by Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio and Héctor Moreno The Hidden Dimensions of poverty by Xavier Godinot MPPN Side Event at the United Nations Statistical Commission 2021
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Dimensions 11
‘The global pandemic underscores the need for a multidimensional analysis of poverty’ Interview with Elina Scheja World leaders on multidimensional poverty in the UN General Assembly 2020 by Bestin Samuel Honduras uses a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for policy targeting by Maya Evans and Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio Dimensions and indicators most used to measure multidimensional poverty around the world by Jakob Dirksen Should disability be included in a multidimensional poverty measure? by Monica Pinilla-Roncancio Incorporating gender in the bMPI: The Wise Responder initiative by Ana Vaz and John Hammock Land use intensification and multidimensional destitution by Harriet Elizabeth Smith and Frank Vollmer Data of the Month: COVID-19 impact on multidimensional poverty in Dominican Republic
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Edition 10 | August 2020
“We need to use this tragic period well” Interview with Sabina Alkire COVID-19 as a Challenge to Governance by Luis F. López-Calva National Multidimensional Poverty Measures: A local, essential, and innovative tool for national planning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Khalid Abu-Ismail et al. Using the MPI as a tool for crafting government responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Juan Daniel Oviedo How the pandemic will aggravate multidimensional poverty in Afghanistan by Stanley Gwavuya The Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19, and the Multidimensional Poverty Response by Gonzalo Hernández-Licona and Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN): A Space for Innovation in the Face of COVID-19 by Gonzalo Hernández-Licona and Felipe Roa-Clavijo OPHI and UNDP publish the Global MPI 2020 Data of the Month: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty in a post-COVID-19 world
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Edition 9 | May 2020
The Threat Posed by COVID-19 to People Living in Poverty by Maya Evans and Fanni Kovesdi Multidimensional Poverty and the Risk from COVID-19 by Sabina Alkire, Jakob Dirksen, Christian Oldiges, and Ricardo Nogales Special Angola: Measuring Poverty in the Indigenous Population of Mexico by Eleonora Nun Shame, Humiliation, and Poverty by Diego Zavaleta Polishing the Poverty Lens by Pali Lehohla
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Edition 8 | December 2019
Editorial
Multidimensional Poverty in Viet Nam: Sustainable Poverty Reduction 2016–2020
by Lo Thi Duc
How Has Poverty Reduction Been Achieved in Oaxaca, Mexico? Interview with Alejandro Murat
The Use of the Multidimensional Poverty Measure in Oaxaca by Edith Yolanda Martínez López
bMPI: Measuring Poverty in Businesses
A Day in the Life: Tamang from Nepal
Sierra Leone Launches National MPI
Data of the Month: Multidimensional Poverty in the United States
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Edition 7 | August 2019
Editorial
Child Poverty: How to Measure and For What Policy Purpose? by Martin Evans
2019 Global MPI: Half of multidimensionally poor people are children
‘The Insights from a Comparable Child Poverty Measurement: The Case of South Asia’ by Abdul Alim and Sabina Alkire
‘Child and Adolescent Poverty and Social Rights in Mexico: A Multidimensional Poverty Measurement Approach’ by Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Ricardo Aparicio and Paloma Villagómez
‘Building a Child Poverty Measure to Inform Policy’ by Ana Vaz, Christian Oldiges and Sabina Alkire
‘MPI and MODA: Disentangling the Differences Between a Policy Tool and Advocacy Instrument’ by Ana Vaz, Christian Oldiges and Sabina Alkire
Interview with Michelle Muschett: Child MPI for better design and implementation of policies in Panama
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2019 MPPN Annual Meeting
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Edition 6 - April 2019
Editorial
Juan Manuel Santos Interview: ‘I saw that this index [MPI] would give me the tools to have a much more efficient public investment’
Special: 2018 Update of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
▪ Sir Angus Deaton on the 2018 Global MPI
▪ ‘Rebooting the Global MPI’ by Usha Kanagaratnam
▪ ‘The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Rethinking Measurement, Improving Governance’ by Luis F. López-Calva
Nicolai Suppa: ‘Is There Poverty in Germany?’
John Hammock: ‘Two Key Aspects to Tackle Poverty in Its Many Dimensions’
Data of the Month: Sources to Measure Multidimensional Poverty
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2019 MPPN Events Calendar
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Edition 5 | November 2018
Editorial
Andhra Pradesh Becomes the First Indian State to Adopt a Multidimensional Poverty Index
Mozambique: The First African Country with an Official National MPI
Interview with Jimmy Vásquez: ‘Multidimensional poverty measurement allows the state to see things which income measurement does not show’
Special: The MPI as a Guide for Public Policy in Colombia and Costa Rica
Monitoring SDGs through an MPI: The Case of Colombia
Data of the Month: The Global MPI 2018 Shows that India Has Made Remarkable Progress
A Day in the Life: Amudha
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Special Issue: OPHI 10th Anniversary
Editorial
OPHI’s Impact: A Ten-Year Retrospective Opinions from Amartya Sen, Michael Spence, and Anthony Shorrocks
The Chilean Experience Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Indicators of Local Environment and Social Networks by former President Michelle Bachelet
James Foster: ‘Multidimensional poverty measurement has followed an interesting path’
Frances Stewart: ‘OPHI is making a huge contribution’
María Emma Santos: ‘We reintroduced the question of how poverty should be measured on a global scale back into the global debate’
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Edition 4 | August 2017
Editorial
What Does the Global MPI 2017 Tell Us?
Interview with Ana Helena Chacón, Vice President of Costa Rica: ‘Involving the private sector is the right idea for ramping up the fight against poverty’
Using the MPI to Determine National Budgets in Costa Rica | Panama’s MPI: Bridging the Technical and the Human
Multi.. what? Teaching How to Explain the Differences between Multidimensional and Monetary Poverty
A Day in the Life of Phuba
Data of the Month: Is International Aid Reaching the Multidimensional Poor?
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Edition 3 | April 2017
Editorial
Interview with Tatyana Orozco: ‘Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon which requires a multidimensional political response’
Multidimensional Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006
How Was the Chilean Multidimensional Poverty Index Created?
Data of the Month: Are Changes in the Incidence of Multidimensional Poverty and Monetary Poverty Similar?
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Edition 2 | February 2017
Editorial
Interview with Heidi Berner: ‘Nowadays we do not create public policies for housing that do not take the local environment into account’
What are the dimensions and indicators most commonly used by countries in their national MPIs?
Brief history of the measurement of multidimensional poverty in Latin America
What is the aim of the MPPN? Reflections from the 2016 Annual Meeting
Briefly: Roundtable and dashboard for the reduction of poverty in Colombia
Data of the Month: Multidimensional Poverty And Monetary Poverty: Are The Figures Are Similar?
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Edition 1 November 2016
Editorial
MPPN – Connecting policy makers globally
Interview with Gonzalo Hernández: “In Mexico, social policy has focused on multidimensional measurement”
Multidimensional poverty measurement in Colombia. What lessons can we learn?
Defining MPI dimensions through participation: the case of El Salvador
Data of the Month: What are the world’s poorest sub-national regions?
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