22 May 2023 ­– The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dr Lotay Tshering, launched the 2022 Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index for Bhutan today. The GNH Index measures the population’s overall wellbeing and happiness across nine domains. Addresses were also offered by researchers at Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies that led the work, as well as Achim Steiner (Administrator, UNDP), Mathias Cormann (Director General, OECD), who profiled the timely relevance of this study on the international stage.

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka launched the national Multidimensional Poverty Index and child Multidimensional Poverty Index today as official statistics to guide poverty reduction in Sri Lanka.

Belize City, Belize. March 8, 2023 – The Statistical Institute of Belize today presented its findings on the country’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) study. This study, conducted as a part of the September 2021 Labour Force Survey, was carried out with technical and financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Development Programme, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, and the Caribbean Development Bank.

Mauritania’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (Indice de Pauvreté Multidimensionnelle de la Mauritanie, IPM-M) is a complementary measure of poverty, to reflect the multiple deprivations of the population in terms of education, health, living conditions and employment

28 February 2023 – The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) was delighted to hold a side event today at the 54th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The early-morning, but packed, event ‘Multidimensional Poverty Data: Post-Pandemic Insights and Policy Applications’ convened leading government statisticians from ten countries to share their insights and experiences on the use of Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) to guide policymaking in poverty reduction, and track and report progress on SDG indicators.