Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
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OPHI is a global research centre based at the University of Oxford working on multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis.
It has been a fruitful week at #SocialSummit2025. We were pleased to participate in a range of insightful events hosted by partners, alliances, and governments, continuing conversations about the key role of multidimensional measurement of poverty and wellbeing for social development.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It has been a fruitful week at #SocialSummit2025. We were pleased to participate in a range of insightful events hosted by partners, alliances, and governments, continuing conversations about the key role of multidimensional measurement of poverty and wellbeing for social development.
We are honoured that Sabina Alkire will speak at the second High-level Roundtable at the #SocialSummit2025 tomorrow. This Roundtable will stress the relevance of the social development agenda as foundational to the 2030 Agenda.
Watch live on 5 Nov, 10am - 1pm AST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Watch live on 5 Nov, 10am - 1pm AST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We are honoured that Sabina Alkire will speak at the second High-level Roundtable at the #SocialSummit2025 tomorrow. This Roundtable will stress the relevance of the social development agenda as foundational to the 2030 Agenda.
Watch live on 5 Nov, 10am - 1pm AST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Watch live on 5 Nov, 10am - 1pm AST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Ending poverty is key to social development. But how do we work towards this goal?
Ahead of the #SocialSummit2025, OPHI offers five recommendations for eradicating poverty effectively - read more below.
Find out more about OPHI’s participation at Summit: ophi.org.uk/news/looking...
Ahead of the #SocialSummit2025, OPHI offers five recommendations for eradicating poverty effectively - read more below.
Find out more about OPHI’s participation at Summit: ophi.org.uk/news/looking...
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ending poverty is key to social development. But how do we work towards this goal?
Ahead of the #SocialSummit2025, OPHI offers five recommendations for eradicating poverty effectively - read more below.
Find out more about OPHI’s participation at Summit: ophi.org.uk/news/looking...
Ahead of the #SocialSummit2025, OPHI offers five recommendations for eradicating poverty effectively - read more below.
Find out more about OPHI’s participation at Summit: ophi.org.uk/news/looking...
How do we measure development progress?
There is growing momentum to go beyond GDP. In a recent UN CDP Paper, OPHI recommends that a new framework should also include multidimensional measures of poverty & wellbeing.
Read the full paper: policy.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
There is growing momentum to go beyond GDP. In a recent UN CDP Paper, OPHI recommends that a new framework should also include multidimensional measures of poverty & wellbeing.
Read the full paper: policy.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How do we measure development progress?
There is growing momentum to go beyond GDP. In a recent UN CDP Paper, OPHI recommends that a new framework should also include multidimensional measures of poverty & wellbeing.
Read the full paper: policy.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
There is growing momentum to go beyond GDP. In a recent UN CDP Paper, OPHI recommends that a new framework should also include multidimensional measures of poverty & wellbeing.
Read the full paper: policy.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
Data can make a transformational contribution to eradicating poverty. The Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD2) presents an opportunity to act on that potential.
Read Sabina Alkire's key recommendations for WSSD2 in this CDP policy brief: www.un.org/development/...
Read Sabina Alkire's key recommendations for WSSD2 in this CDP policy brief: www.un.org/development/...
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Data can make a transformational contribution to eradicating poverty. The Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD2) presents an opportunity to act on that potential.
Read Sabina Alkire's key recommendations for WSSD2 in this CDP policy brief: www.un.org/development/...
Read Sabina Alkire's key recommendations for WSSD2 in this CDP policy brief: www.un.org/development/...
Poverty looks different in every country included in the global MPI 2025.
With OPHI's country briefings, you can explore the findings for each country included in this year's global MPI, including national, subnational, and urban-rural data, and much more.
Read here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
With OPHI's country briefings, you can explore the findings for each country included in this year's global MPI, including national, subnational, and urban-rural data, and much more.
Read here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Poverty looks different in every country included in the global MPI 2025.
With OPHI's country briefings, you can explore the findings for each country included in this year's global MPI, including national, subnational, and urban-rural data, and much more.
Read here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
With OPHI's country briefings, you can explore the findings for each country included in this year's global MPI, including national, subnational, and urban-rural data, and much more.
Read here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
Children bear the greatest burden of multidimensional poverty.
Of the 1.1 billion people today living in multidimensional poverty, over half of them are under the age of 18.
Read more in OPHI and UNDP’s global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Of the 1.1 billion people today living in multidimensional poverty, over half of them are under the age of 18.
Read more in OPHI and UNDP’s global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Children bear the greatest burden of multidimensional poverty.
Of the 1.1 billion people today living in multidimensional poverty, over half of them are under the age of 18.
Read more in OPHI and UNDP’s global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Of the 1.1 billion people today living in multidimensional poverty, over half of them are under the age of 18.
Read more in OPHI and UNDP’s global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
High temperatures are a major climate hazard today, but in countries with the highest multidimensional poverty rates, heat is expected to worsen.
Read more about how multidimensional poverty & climate hazards intersect in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025 report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Read more about how multidimensional poverty & climate hazards intersect in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025 report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
High temperatures are a major climate hazard today, but in countries with the highest multidimensional poverty rates, heat is expected to worsen.
Read more about how multidimensional poverty & climate hazards intersect in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025 report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Read more about how multidimensional poverty & climate hazards intersect in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025 report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Explore the global MPI 2025 findings through visual charts & explainers in this multimedia feature from UNDP, available in English, Spanish, and French.
EN: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards
ES: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/es/
FR: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/fr/
EN: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards
ES: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/es/
FR: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/fr/
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Explore the global MPI 2025 findings through visual charts & explainers in this multimedia feature from UNDP, available in English, Spanish, and French.
EN: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards
ES: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/es/
FR: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/fr/
EN: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards
ES: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/es/
FR: feature.undp.org/poverty-climate-hazards/fr/
Many South Asian countries have made rapid progress reducing multidimensional poverty, but the global MPI 2025 finds that 99.1% of those left in multidimensionally poverty live in regions exposed to climate hazards.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP to find out more:
bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP to find out more:
bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Many South Asian countries have made rapid progress reducing multidimensional poverty, but the global MPI 2025 finds that 99.1% of those left in multidimensionally poverty live in regions exposed to climate hazards.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP to find out more:
bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP to find out more:
bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Missed the launch of the global MPI 2025?
You can read highlights from our high-level speakers, reflecting on the key findings of the report, here: ophi.org.uk/news/discuss...
Or you can watch the full recording of the event here: youtu.be/af6BbbXHPJ0?...
You can read highlights from our high-level speakers, reflecting on the key findings of the report, here: ophi.org.uk/news/discuss...
Or you can watch the full recording of the event here: youtu.be/af6BbbXHPJ0?...
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Missed the launch of the global MPI 2025?
You can read highlights from our high-level speakers, reflecting on the key findings of the report, here: ophi.org.uk/news/discuss...
Or you can watch the full recording of the event here: youtu.be/af6BbbXHPJ0?...
You can read highlights from our high-level speakers, reflecting on the key findings of the report, here: ophi.org.uk/news/discuss...
Or you can watch the full recording of the event here: youtu.be/af6BbbXHPJ0?...
The global MPI 2025 assesses how multidimensional poverty intersects with four key climate hazards: high heat, drought, floods, and air pollution. These four hazards are major drivers of human vulnerability.
Find out more in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Find out more in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The global MPI 2025 assesses how multidimensional poverty intersects with four key climate hazards: high heat, drought, floods, and air pollution. These four hazards are major drivers of human vulnerability.
Find out more in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Find out more in OPHI and UNDP's global MPI 2025: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Middle-income countries are the hidden epicentre of multidimensional poverty.
The global MPI 2025 by OPHI and UNDP finds that nearly two thirds of multidimensionally poor people live in middle-income countries.
Read the full report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The global MPI 2025 by OPHI and UNDP finds that nearly two thirds of multidimensionally poor people live in middle-income countries.
Read the full report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Middle-income countries are the hidden epicentre of multidimensional poverty.
The global MPI 2025 by OPHI and UNDP finds that nearly two thirds of multidimensionally poor people live in middle-income countries.
Read the full report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The global MPI 2025 by OPHI and UNDP finds that nearly two thirds of multidimensionally poor people live in middle-income countries.
Read the full report: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
Thank you to our speakers for their insights at today's launch of the global MPI 2025.
It is vital to align poverty reduction efforts with climate action. Our commitment is clear: no one must be left behind.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
It is vital to align poverty reduction efforts with climate action. Our commitment is clear: no one must be left behind.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thank you to our speakers for their insights at today's launch of the global MPI 2025.
It is vital to align poverty reduction efforts with climate action. Our commitment is clear: no one must be left behind.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
It is vital to align poverty reduction efforts with climate action. Our commitment is clear: no one must be left behind.
Read the full report from OPHI and UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 is now live.
The report finds that of 6.3 billion people, 1.1 billion are multidimensionally poor. Poverty is our greatest global challenge - and one compounded by the climate crisis.
Read the full report, published with UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The report finds that of 6.3 billion people, 1.1 billion are multidimensionally poor. Poverty is our greatest global challenge - and one compounded by the climate crisis.
Read the full report, published with UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 is now live.
The report finds that of 6.3 billion people, 1.1 billion are multidimensionally poor. Poverty is our greatest global challenge - and one compounded by the climate crisis.
Read the full report, published with UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The report finds that of 6.3 billion people, 1.1 billion are multidimensionally poor. Poverty is our greatest global challenge - and one compounded by the climate crisis.
Read the full report, published with UNDP: bit.ly/globalMPI2025
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures multidimensional poverty in over 100 countries, highlighting multiple aspects of the lived reality of poverty.
Stay tuned on Oct 17 as OPHI & UNDP launch the 2025 report.
More about the global MPI: ophi.org.uk/node/3155
Stay tuned on Oct 17 as OPHI & UNDP launch the 2025 report.
More about the global MPI: ophi.org.uk/node/3155
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures multidimensional poverty in over 100 countries, highlighting multiple aspects of the lived reality of poverty.
Stay tuned on Oct 17 as OPHI & UNDP launch the 2025 report.
More about the global MPI: ophi.org.uk/node/3155
Stay tuned on Oct 17 as OPHI & UNDP launch the 2025 report.
More about the global MPI: ophi.org.uk/node/3155
How do multidimensionally poor people experience the double burden of poverty & climate change?
Join OPHI and UNDP for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 on 17 Oct, 10am EDT, to hear high-level speakers share key findings from the report.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
Join OPHI and UNDP for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 on 17 Oct, 10am EDT, to hear high-level speakers share key findings from the report.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How do multidimensionally poor people experience the double burden of poverty & climate change?
Join OPHI and UNDP for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 on 17 Oct, 10am EDT, to hear high-level speakers share key findings from the report.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
Join OPHI and UNDP for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 on 17 Oct, 10am EDT, to hear high-level speakers share key findings from the report.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
📣 Join OPHI and UNDP at 10am EDT on October 17 for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025, which focuses on the overlapping hardships of poverty and climate hazards.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📣 Join OPHI and UNDP at 10am EDT on October 17 for the launch of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025, which focuses on the overlapping hardships of poverty and climate hazards.
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
Register now: bit.ly/GMPI2025
“If we fail to measure poverty in its full complexity, we cannot hope to design policies that freely transform lives” - Claver Gatete.
Thank you to our high-level speakers who shared valuable insights on accelerating multidimensional poverty reduction at ECA and the MPPN's UNGA side event today.
Thank you to our high-level speakers who shared valuable insights on accelerating multidimensional poverty reduction at ECA and the MPPN's UNGA side event today.
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“If we fail to measure poverty in its full complexity, we cannot hope to design policies that freely transform lives” - Claver Gatete.
Thank you to our high-level speakers who shared valuable insights on accelerating multidimensional poverty reduction at ECA and the MPPN's UNGA side event today.
Thank you to our high-level speakers who shared valuable insights on accelerating multidimensional poverty reduction at ECA and the MPPN's UNGA side event today.
A better future for all is one in which poverty is a thing of the past.
Join UNECA and the MPPN at “The Future is Now: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty for Sustainable Development”, a high-level side event on the margins of #UNGA80.
More info: ophi.org.uk/event/future...
Join UNECA and the MPPN at “The Future is Now: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty for Sustainable Development”, a high-level side event on the margins of #UNGA80.
More info: ophi.org.uk/event/future...
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A better future for all is one in which poverty is a thing of the past.
Join UNECA and the MPPN at “The Future is Now: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty for Sustainable Development”, a high-level side event on the margins of #UNGA80.
More info: ophi.org.uk/event/future...
Join UNECA and the MPPN at “The Future is Now: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty for Sustainable Development”, a high-level side event on the margins of #UNGA80.
More info: ophi.org.uk/event/future...
At this week's HDCA Conference Sabina Alkire will present on parallels between the Capability Approach & Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. She will also speak on a panel at the Amartya Sen Lecture. Over the rest of the week, OPHI team members will present papers on MPI, wellbeing & belonging.
September 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
At this week's HDCA Conference Sabina Alkire will present on parallels between the Capability Approach & Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. She will also speak on a panel at the Amartya Sen Lecture. Over the rest of the week, OPHI team members will present papers on MPI, wellbeing & belonging.
We are delighted to announce that the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has joined the MPPN. We look forward to working with UNESCAP in this growing global community, which enables South-South cooperation for multidimensional poverty alleviation.
Find out more: www.mppn.org
Find out more: www.mppn.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We are delighted to announce that the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has joined the MPPN. We look forward to working with UNESCAP in this growing global community, which enables South-South cooperation for multidimensional poverty alleviation.
Find out more: www.mppn.org
Find out more: www.mppn.org
We greatly enjoyed last week’s OPHI Advanced Course on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, which brought together 42 MPI researchers and practitioners from 27 countries. Thank you to all the OPHI Team and congratulations to our inaugural cohort!
Read more: ophi.org.uk/news/ophis-n...
Read more: ophi.org.uk/news/ophis-n...
August 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We greatly enjoyed last week’s OPHI Advanced Course on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, which brought together 42 MPI researchers and practitioners from 27 countries. Thank you to all the OPHI Team and congratulations to our inaugural cohort!
Read more: ophi.org.uk/news/ophis-n...
Read more: ophi.org.uk/news/ophis-n...
Bangladesh’s new national MPI highlights the lived reality of poverty in the country - for example, nearly three out of ten children (28.9%) are multidimensionally poor, a much higher proportion than adults (21.44%).
Read the full report to find out more: gedkp.gov.bd/wp-content/u...
Read the full report to find out more: gedkp.gov.bd/wp-content/u...
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bangladesh’s new national MPI highlights the lived reality of poverty in the country - for example, nearly three out of ten children (28.9%) are multidimensionally poor, a much higher proportion than adults (21.44%).
Read the full report to find out more: gedkp.gov.bd/wp-content/u...
Read the full report to find out more: gedkp.gov.bd/wp-content/u...
Congratulations to Iraq on launching the Iraq MPI report with OPHI & UNDP Iraq.
H.E. Dr. Muhammed Tamim, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister & Planning Minister, commented that the report is "a policy tool that informs us about vulnerable groups & ways to support them."
More: www.undp.org/iraq/press-r...
H.E. Dr. Muhammed Tamim, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister & Planning Minister, commented that the report is "a policy tool that informs us about vulnerable groups & ways to support them."
More: www.undp.org/iraq/press-r...
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Congratulations to Iraq on launching the Iraq MPI report with OPHI & UNDP Iraq.
H.E. Dr. Muhammed Tamim, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister & Planning Minister, commented that the report is "a policy tool that informs us about vulnerable groups & ways to support them."
More: www.undp.org/iraq/press-r...
H.E. Dr. Muhammed Tamim, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister & Planning Minister, commented that the report is "a policy tool that informs us about vulnerable groups & ways to support them."
More: www.undp.org/iraq/press-r...