OPHI - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

OPHI Director, Sabina Alkire, has been appointed Guest Professor of Beijing Normal University, where she gave a lecture on the value-added and policy uses of the MPI this week.

She also spoke on monetary and multidimensional poverty trends at Zhejiang University and on metrics shaping action at the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum in Beijing, which established a Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development (GPPAD).

Join us on Tuesday 2 June for our next seminar with the Institute for International Economic Policy on measuring multidimensional well-being.

OPHI’s Dr Rizwan ul Haq will explore the construction of a Gross Well-Being Index (GWI) to measure well-being from a more holistic angle, drawing on examples from Chad, Comoros, and Iraq.

In person: Meeting Room A, ODID - Oxford Department of International Development, OX1 3TB
Online: Register via http://bit.ly/2JuneSeminar

Today join our co-representatives, Universidad de Buenos Aires, as they host a two-day discussion on poverty and hunger, launching a calendar of activities under the shared academic representation of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.

OPHI's Ricardo Nogales will present the importance of a multidimensional poverty approach for measurement and evidence-based policymaking for poverty and hunger alleviation at the national, regional and global level. Watch the panel “Global and Regional Overview on Hunger and Poverty: Global and Regional State of Affairs” at 4.15-6pm ART (8.15-10pm BST).

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"LANZAMIENTO ALIANZA GLOBAL UBA" 28 de Mayo Facultad de Agronomía UBA Este evento marca la adhesión formal de la UBA a la Alianza Global contra el Hambre y la Pobreza como miembro del Pilar de Conocimiento, en una representaci...

The Malawi National MPI was launched in 2021 to inform policy and track progress towards Malawi’s 2063 national vision and SDG Target 1.2.

This month we were thrilled to join 20 colleagues from the National Statistical Office of Malawi, Ministry of Finance-Malawi, the National Planning Commission of Malawi and the University of Malawi - UNIMA to discuss the ongoing computation, analysis and policy uses of the MPI.

Funded by SADC, this training was a wonderful opportunity to connect, deepen and extend Malawi’s expertise in multidimensional poverty measurement and map out how it can continue to be used for policy.

We look forward to the next update of the Malawi MPI based on IHS survey data 2024/25!

The next seminar in our series with the Institute for International Economic Policy on multidimensional well-being measures will be “Proposing a Gross Well-Being Index: Evidence from Chad, Comoros and Iraq”.

This seminar, from OPHI Researcher Rizwan ul Haq, explores the construction of a Gross Well-Being Index (GWI), drawing on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data to measure well-being from a more holistic angle.

2 June | 4pm BST | 11am EDT

In person: Meeting Room A, ODID - Oxford Department of International Development, OX1 3TB
Online: Register via http://bit.ly/2JuneSeminar

Join us tomorrow for "Beyond Poverty: Mapping Multidimensional Wellbeing in Indonesia". In this seminar, Dr Putu Natih will explore the development of a Multidimensional Wellbeing Index (MWI) for Indonesia.

26 May | 4pm BST | 11am EDT

In person (refreshments provided): Meeting Room A, ODID - Oxford Department of International Development

Register to join online: http://bit.ly/26MaySeminar

Este miércoles 27 de mayo Ricardo Nogales de OPHI estará participando en el espacio de discusión organizado por OEA “Medición desagregada de la pobreza multidimensional: aprendizajes regionales para una política social basada en evidencia y su vinculación con la inversión social.”

Registrate para aprender sobre como fortalecer las capacidades institucionales de los Estados Miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) en la medición y desagregación de la pobreza multidimensional.

27 de mayo | 12pm EDT | 5pm BST

Para más información y para registrarse: https://www.oas.org/ext/es/principal/calendario/evento/id/1668

Indonesia’s poverty monitoring has historically centred on expenditure measures. But there is growing policy and academic recognition that material deprivation alone does not fully capture lived wellbeing.

Join us on Tuesday 26 May for our next seminar with the Institute for International Economic Policy, when Dr Putu Natih will explore the development of a Multidimensional Wellbeing Index (MWI) for Indonesia.

In person: Meeting Room A, Queen Elizabeth House, OX1 3TB
Online: Register via http://bit.ly/26MaySeminar

Next in our seminar series with the Institute for International Economic Policy on measuring multidimensional wellbeing: Dr Putu Natih will explore the development of a Multidimensional Wellbeing Index (MWI) for Indonesia.

This MWI builds on national discussions as well as international frameworks like Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness. The measure incorporates eight domains: psychological wellbeing, health, time use, education, community cohesion, governance, environment, and living standards.

Join us on 26 May to learn more about the construction of the MWI, and what its initial results suggest about well-being in Indonesia.

In person: Meeting Room A, Queen Elizabeth House, OX1 3TB
Online: Register via http://bit.ly/26MaySeminar

TODAY at 4pm GMT / 11am EDT: Our next seminar with the Institute for International Economic Policy will explore the construction of a novel measure of multidimensional well-being in the United States.

Join us in person: Meeting Room A, Queen Elizabeth House, OX1 3TB
Join us online: Register via http://bit.ly/19Mayseminar

Join us tomorrow for "Multidimensional Well-Being in the United States". In this seminar, Jakob Dirksen, Researcher at OPHI and LSE, will explore the construction of a novel measure of multidimensional well-being in the United States - a particularly relevant topic in the context of the recent recommendations from the UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP.

19 May | 4pm BST | 11am EDT

In person (refreshments provided): Meeting Room A, ODID - Oxford Department of International Development

Register to join online: http://bit.ly/19Mayseminar