MPPN Webinar: The Transformative Power of Multidimensional Poverty Statistics for Social Development

The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) is hosting a webinar on the transformative power of official multidimensional poverty statistics for social development. Directors of government statistics departments across the globe, and organisations, will share their experiences of how MPIs that are rigorous, transparent, and regularly updated have policy traction – and why this matters, especially in fiscally-constrained times. The aim of the event is to foster dialogue, build capacity, and strengthen cooperation to make progress towards sustainable development. Opening Remarks: Gonzalo Hernandez-Licona, MPPN Director Important Updates: MPPN in the FFD, HLPF, Global Alliance and WSSD - Sabina Alkire, OPHI Director Moderation: Gonzalo Hernandez-Licona Speakers: 10:27 - Naeem Uz Zafar, Chief Statistician, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics 16:27 - Ivan Ojeda, Director General, National Institute of Statistics of Paraguay 22:22 - Oleg Cara, Director General, National Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Moldova 27:32, 37:42 - Sonam Tenzin, Director General, National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan 31:55 - Diana Castillo-Trejo, Director General, Statistical Institute of Belize 41:17 - Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician of Malaysia 50:30 - Ahmed Gamal, Central Department for Censuses at the Population Statistics and Censuses Sector at CAPMAS, Egypt 56:54 - Solly Molayi, Acting Deputy Director-General: Population and Social Statistics, South Africa 1:01:15 - Maria Eugenia Genoni, Lead Economist, Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the World Bank Closing and Special Announcement: Gonzalo Hernández-Licona, Sabina Alkire