The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) develops national and global measures for multidimensional poverty and wellbeing based on the Alkire-Foster method. This is a statistical method grounded in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach that creates a counting-based index which can be broken down into an information platform telling us more about the nature of people’s lives.| ophi.org.uk
On 28 May 2024, Dr Obid Khakimov, Director of the Center for Economic Research and Reforms under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, discussed 'Poverty Reduction Policies in Uzbekistan' including a description of Uzbekistan's pilot Multidimensional Poverty Index launched earlier this year.| ophi.org.uk
Pilot MPI originally introduced: 2024| ophi.org.uk
The phrase ‘gross national happiness’ was first coined by the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in the late 1970s when He stated, “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product.” The concept implies that sustainable development should take a holistic approach towards notions of progress and give equal importance to non-economic aspects of wellbeing and happiness.| ophi.org.uk