Presentations from the 2018 MPPN Annual Meeting

The 6th Annual High-Level Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) was hosted by the Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation responsible for Statistics South Africa with the support of the Department of Social Development and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. It was held in Johannesburg from 31 October – 1 November, 2018.

 

Keynote Speeches

South Africa: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Keynote Speech

South Africa: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa, Keynote Speech

Mexico: Gonzalo Hernandez Licona, Keynote Presentation

 

Inaugural Session and Opening Remarks

OPHI: Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Multidimensional Poverty Indices as Policy Tools (PDF)

South Africa: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa, Welcome Remarks to the MPPN Meeting

Mexico: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL

 

In-Depth I: Designing an MPI – A Technical, Political, Communications Exercise

Malaysia, Norhayati Jantan, Director of State Office of Sabah, Department of Statistics, Designing an MPI (PDF)

Morocco: Hicham El Marizgui, Statistician, High Commission for Planning

Mozambique: Vasco Correia Nhabinde, Director of the National Directorate for Economic and Financial Studies, Ministry of Economy, Summary of Multidimensional Poverty Results in Mozambique (PDF)

South Africa: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa

 

Sharing National Experiences in Building an MPI

Seychelles: Ziggy Adam and Maria Payet, Republic of Seychelles: MPI Progress Update (PDF)

Chad: Ahmat Abderahim Abbo, Chief of Department of Social Statistics, Monitoring of Living Conditions and Household Poverty, INSEED (PDF)

Kenya: Kipruto Samuel, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Thailand: Jinanggoon Rojananan, Special Advisor, National Economic and Social Development Board, The MPI and Thailand (PDF)

Tanzania: Sylvia Meku, Manager of Social and Demographic Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics,Development of Tanzania Multidimensional Poverty Index – Status (PDF)

 

Global MPI 2018: Key Findings

OPHI: Sabina Alkire, Christian Oldiges and Ricardo Nogales, Global MPI 2018: Key Findings

 

In-Depth II: Coordination, Targeting, and Budget Allocation

Chile: Alejandra Candia Díaz, Sub-Secretary of Social Evaluation, Ministry of Social Development

Mexico: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL, Multidimensional Poverty in Mexico (PDF)

UNDP: Iván González de Alba, Regional Policy Adviser, UNDP Panama, National MPI and Children in Panama (PDF)

Vietnam: Thu Pham, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Application of the MPI approach in Vietnam (PDF)

 

In-Depth III: Coordination, Targeting, and Budget Allocation

Southern African Development Community: Maxwell Mkumba, Senior Policy Advisor (Poverty and Development)

OPHI: Martin Evans, Research Associate (PDF)

SIDA: Elia Scheja, Lead Economist, Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Putting Poverty back in Focus (PDF)

UNDP: Wilmot Reeves, Economic Advisor

UNESCWA: Khalid Abu-Ismail, Chief of Economic Policy Section, Multidimensional Poverty in Arab Countries (PDF)

UNICEF (South Africa): Russell Wildeman, Social Policy Specialist

UN-ECLAC: Xavier Mancero, Chief of Social Statistics, Statistics Division, Recent Activities in the Measuring of Multidimensional Poverty (PDF)

OPHI: Sabina Alkire, Director, Importance of National MPIs in a Changing Landscape

 

MPPN Secretariat Communique