"Sustainable and Targeted Poverty Solutions: Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index"

The Political Declaration of the 2023 UN General Assembly restated the vital importance of accelerating progress to reduce poverty in all its forms, prioritizing those experiencing interconnected deprivations and reversing widening inequalities. Member countries and agencies have taken action by implementing and using multidimensional poverty indices to guide effective policies that make a [...] This commitment has seen the rise in permanent official Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) that make visible the interconnected deprivations in multiple SDG indicators experienced by the poorest members of society, such as health, education, work, living standards and social protection. [...] Official national MPIs are increasingly used for targeting, for shaping integrated policies and social protection packages, and for coordinating whole of government efforts to end poverty. [...] Bespoke national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) are complemented by the UNDP-OPHI global MPI and by regional MPIs that serve to compare poverty levels and trends across countries. Both national and comparable MPIs serve as a tool that can target poverty reduction efforts as well as identify and celebrate locations of strongest progress. This high-level side meeting, co-hosted by the [...] The time has come to end poverty hand-in-hand with strategies that address social needs and guarantee well-being for all. [...] While country experiences vary greatly, most official MPIs are used as a diagnostic tool to reveal who is poor, in what way, and to what degree, as a monitoring tool and to shape policy. [...] This session offers space for creative exchange of experiences, experiments, and challenges. In addition, some countries have also developed multidimensional well-being measures, such as Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. [...] *Note on registration UN Staff and UN delegates should be in possession of their UN grounds pass with either UNGA79 secondary pass or a meeting specific ticket. [...] Make sure to include your given name and surname as it appears in your national ID. [...] On the day of the event, guests without a UN security pass must bring photo ID (passport) to receive a special event pass to enter the venue in time for the start of the event.