Release of the Multi Poverty Dimensional Index Report 2022

UBOS released the first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Uganda. The sources of data for the MPI report was the 2016/17 and 2019/20 Uganda National Household Surveys. The approach used is based on the Alkire-Foster method developed by Sabina Alkire and James Foster from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford and adapted to Uganda’s context. The overarching objective for this report was to estimate the national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Uganda, which will be a benchmark for tracking progress in multiple deprivations that Ugandans face in the coming years, in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. It represents concerted efforts to complement income poverty measures and deepen the understanding of poverty in a multifaceted way. The thrust
to achieve SDG 1 calls for an integrated, holistic analysis of the multidimensional aspects of poverty.

For more details on the report, please click here….