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2017 UNGA | High-Level Side Event: Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Track Progress in the SDGs

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The Government of Honduras, on behalf of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN), hosted a High-Level Side Event entitled “Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Track Progress in the SDGs” at the United Nations General Assembly 2017. The event took place at the UN Headquarters in New York, Conference Room 2, on Tuesday 19 September from 11am-1pm.

UN48SC: Presentations and Remarks

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On 7 March 2017, the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) hosted a Side Event at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York. The Commission is the key UN statistical entity, with participation from national and international statistical leaders from across the world.

2017 UNSC | MPPN Side Event at United Nations Statistical Commission 48th Session

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The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) held a special High-Level Side Event at the UN Statistical Commission in New York on Tuesday 7 March 2017 entitled “Measuring the Interconnected Dimensions of Poverty to Energise Policy.”

2016 UNGA | Side Event “Measuring and Tackling Poverty in All its Dimensions”

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This side event showcased how the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is being used in practice: as an indicator at the national and global levels, as a diagnostic tool to make visible clustered deprivations, and as a governance tool to design and coordinate policy and advance national plans.

2016 UNSC | OPHI and MPPN Host Side Event at UN Statistical Commission

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On 7 March, 2016, OPHI and the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) hosted a Side Event at the 47th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in New York. The Commission is the key UN statistical entity, with participation from national and international statistical leaders from across the world. The very first agenda item at this session is the indicator framework to be used for measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). For Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the MPPN, this Side Event was a good opportunity to share countries’ experiences with multidimensional poverty measurement.

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