Iraq OPHI Country Briefing June 2016 Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) www.ophi.org.uk
Oxford Department of International Development Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford OPHI Country Briefing June 2016: Iraq
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) At a Glance
This Country Briefing presents the results of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and explains key findings graphically. For a full explanation of the MPI, along with more information, international comparisons and details of the resources available in the MPI Databank, please see www.ophi.org.uk/multidimensional-poverty-index/
Please cite this document as: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (2016). “Iraq Country Briefing”, Multidimensional Poverty Index Data Bank. OPHI, University of Oxford. Available at: www.ophi.org.uk/multidimensional-poverty-index/mpi-country-briefings/. For information on updates to the MPI methodology, see Alkire, S. and Robles, G. (2016), “Multidimensional Poverty Index 2016: Brief Methodological Note and Results”. Available at: www.ophi.org.uk/multidimensional-poverty-index/.
For information on the original MPI methodology, see Alkire, S. and Santos, M.E. (2014), “Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index”, World Development 59 (2014) 251-274. A free version of this paper is available at http://www.ophi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ophi-wp-591.pdf
Inside the MPI
The Global MPI has three dimensions and 10 indicators, which are shown in the box below. Each dimension is equally weighted, each indicator within a dimension is also equally weighted, and these weights are shown in brackets within the diagram. Details of the indicators can be found