Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, England, that was established in 2007.^[1]

History

The centre was established in 2007.^[2] In 2010, OPHI developed the Multidimensional Poverty Index for the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative". Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative. http://www.ophi.org.uk/about/. Retrieved 2010-08-04. "The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. Established in 2007, the centre is led by Sabina Alkire." 
2. ^ "Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Launch". International Development Research Centre. http://www.idrc.ca/wsis/ev-113088-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html. Retrieved 2010-08-06. "OPHI, a research initiative of the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, was launched in May 2007 with a series of events including a lecture delivered by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, two workshops and three public seminars." 
3. ^ "A wealth of data. A useful new way to capture the many aspects of poverty". The Economist. July 29, 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/16693283. Retrieved 2010-08-04. "A new set of internationally comparable data put together by researchers at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford tries to take Mr Sen’s ideas about “the need for a multidimensional view of poverty and deprivation” seriously*. Aided by the improved availability of survey data about living conditions for households in over 100 developing countries, the researchers have come up with a new index, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will use in its next “Human Development Report” in October." 

External links

• Official website