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Multidimensional Poverty Index

Title English: 
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Acronym English: 
MPI
Definition English: 
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) replaced the HPI, which was published from 1997 to 2009. Pioneering in its day, the HPI used country averages to reflect aggregate deprivations in health, education, and standard of living. It could not identify specific individuals, households or larger groups of people as jointly deprived. The MPI addresses this shortcoming by capturing how many people experience overlapping deprivations (prevalence) and how many deprivations they face on average (intensity). The MPI can be broken down by indicator to show how the composition of multidimensional poverty changes for different regions, ethnic groups and so on—with useful implications for policy. Formerly known as Human Poverty Index.
Title Arabic: 
دليل الفقر المتعدد الابعاد
Definition Arabic: 
يعرف سابقاً بمؤشر الفقر البشري.
Title French: 
Indice de la pauvreté multidimensionnelle
Acronym French: 
IPM
Domain: 
International Instruments
Subject: 
Corporate Names/Bodies
InformationType: 
Title
SourceSymbol: 
E/ESCWA/SD/2014/WP.1