Concept Note

Concept Note 9th High-Level Annual Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) The 9th Annual High-Level Meeting of the MPPN, will take place from 27–29 August 2024 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [...] This high-level discussion space seeks to engage countries and international organisations in reflections on how to tackle poverty in all its dimensions and to learn from experiences around the world. [...] Participants will share their perspective and discuss sustainable and effective strategies for fighting multidimensional poverty and achieving the SDGs. It will also be an opportunity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the network, and its crucial work toward poverty alleviation. [...] Poverty is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the simple lack of income to include deprivations in health, education, housing, clean water, etc. [...] Target 1.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) clearly recognizes the multidimensional nature of poverty and calls on countries to reduce at least by half the proportion of the population living in poverty in all its forms by 2030. [...] In response to the multidimensionality of poverty, a growing number of countries have adopted an official national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), tailored to their local contexts and priorities, to provide the needed information to guide poverty reduction policies. Others that have not yet developed their national MPI are using the existing global MPI, jointly produced by OPHI and UNDP’s [...] These measures provide valuable information about the breadth and depth of poverty in a country, as well as its composition. [...] In this context, the MPPN continues to provide an active place for in-depth learning among participants. An equitable recovery can lay the basis for historical reductions of poverty that will truly be a benefit for the years to come. [...] Efforts will be made to ensure that both in-person and remote participants will be able to engage dynamically in the sessions. The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) A global network of over 60 countries and 20 international organisations developing and using multidimensional poverty indices for more effective poverty reduction. [...] The Secretariat of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network is hosted at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) in the Department of International Development, University of Oxford.