The side event was chaired by Risenga Maluleke, the Statistician-General of Statistics South Africa. Speakers included representatives from the National Statistical Offices of Angola, Botswana, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mongolia, Paraguay, Philippines, Tanzania and Uganda as well as from OPHI and the MPPN.

On 5 March 2020 at 1:15pm, the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) will host a Side Event at the 51st session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) in New York at the UN Headquarters (Conference Room TBC). The United Nations Statistical Commission is the key UN statistical entity, with participation from national and international statistical leaders from across the world.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has today decided to adopt Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as the assessment tool for poverty in Maldives. He made the decision following discussions at the Cabinet session held at the President’s Office this afternoon.

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.

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.