GLOBAL MPI – AT A GLANCE The Global MPI was developed in 2010 by OPHI and the United Nations Development Programme

and has been published in the reports since then. The Global MPI has three dimensions and 10 indicators (see graphic below); for details of the indicators, see www.ophi.org.uk/multidimensional-poverty-index. A person is identified as multidimensionally poor (or ‘MPI poor’) if they are deprived in at least one third of the dimensions. The MPI is calculated by multiplying the incidence of poverty by the average intensity of poverty across the poor; as a result, it reflects both the share of people in poverty and the degree to which they are deprived. The Global MPI is a powerful tool for policymakers because it shows us not just which people are poor and where, but also how they are poor: which disadvantages they are experiencing simultaneously. It reveals different intensities of poverty, as some people are deprived in a bigger share of indicators than others. And it can be decomposed to reveal varying rates of poverty reduction in different parts of a country, or between ethnicities, castes or other social groups