Report of the Atkinson Commission

The World Bank launched the report entitled “Monitoring Global Poverty” by the Commission on Global Poverty chaired by Sir Anthony Atkinson. This commission was established by the World Bank’s Chief Economist to advise the institution on how to measure and monitor poverty globally. Among the main recommendations adopted by the World Bank, is to incorporate a measure of multidimensional poverty based on the counting method as a complementary indicator for measuring poverty. (Recommendations 18 and 19).

 

Relevant Information:

• Monitoring Global Poverty Oxford Launch 4 November 2016
• Monitoring Global Poverty. Report of the Commission on Global Poverty
• Cover Note to the Report of the Commission on Global Poverty
• Commission on Global Poverty Website
• Report of the Commission on Global Poverty – Oxford Launch
• Oxford event podcast
• Press release
• Pali Lehohla article in The Star
• President of Columbia’s speech