The 2023 global Multidimensional Poverty Index was launched at an official Side Event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Fiji during the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
The global MPI is an annually updated and internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty for over 100 countries in developing contexts. It offers a multidimensional perspective to complement international monetary poverty lines.
Jointly produced by the UNDP Human Development Report Office and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, Unstacking global poverty: Data for high-impact action explores the reach of poverty around the world.
Barbara Adams (GPF) spoke as a panelist, commenting on the need to “dethrone GDP” as the sole metric of development progress, which inadequately measures development and even incentivizes more consumption and pollution, while increasing inequalities . Watch her full statement below.
See the full event on UN Web TV. Visit the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) to read the full report.