TRAINING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
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2. Regional or national MPIs: These are multidimensional poverty measures that have been created by adapting (or using forms of) the method upon which the MPI is based to better address local realities, needs and the data available (these measures use the Alkire-Foster method). Their purpose is to assess multidimensional poverty levels in specific countries or regions in the components most relevant and feasible locally.
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