This handbook is a comprehensive guide developed by UNDP and OPHI to help policymakers leverage the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) beyond mere measurement, using it as a practical tool to shape public policy. It explores the strategic tools and skills used to introduce and institutionalise a new form of poverty measurement in government – the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) – to help guide effective poverty reduction policies.

This joint handbook by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford, provides practical guidance for policymakers, statisticians, practitioners and others seeking or engaged in developing a national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

Techniques for measuring multidimensional poverty by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

“Training Material for Producing the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)” by Sabina Alkire and Emma Santos