Multidimensional poverty monitoring in Europe and CISMihail Peleah

UNDP Bratislava Regional Center

MPI in the region (1)

MPI in HDR 2010… …plus SEI in RHDR 2011 …but numerous attempts before that

Poland gmina indicators, “Indicator based approach to social exclusion”

Ukraine Human Development IndexMoldova Small Area Deprivation IndexMacedonia People Centered Analysis

MPI in the region (2)

Results questioned: is it really more poverty in Estonia, than in Georgia?NB: Central Europe: low H, high A –

marginalized groups (i.e. Roma)? Indicators are not relevant for the region

(esp. material of the floor and fuel) Important things are not included But, criticism reflects interest

Strengths

Many data sources available (HBS, MICS)Capacities to collect additional dataPrevious experience

Opportunities

More demand for intra-country (not for cross-country comparisons)Demand for policy-relevant data and indicatorsEsp. important in [post-]crisis environment

Weaknesses

Weak and un-cooperative StatOfficesWeak capacities data collection, analysis (NB: Role of BRC!)Important things not catched by surveys

Threats

Hard to communicate (double cut-offs, three indicators)Oversimplification of picture in one index[Still] focus on ‘growth’ and ‘income poverty’

Data availability

HBS available in many countries Regular and good quality

Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine Regular but some questions raised

Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan Irregular but important

BiH (2001, 2007), Georgia (LSMS2009), Tajikistan (2007, 2009)

MICS could compliment in many other cases

Questions for consideration

Process of indicators list building? And cut-offs? Science? Art? Data availability?

Shall we include incomes? Community-level deprivation? From pilot and one-off initiatives towards

monitoring? Is one ‘mix-’em-all’ index a good idea?

Summary of plans

Armenia – on-going Social Cohesion Survey, including index Georgia – plan Multidimensional Vulnerability Study, but no

index Kyrgyzstan – on-going Multidimensional Poverty Index in

NHDR2011 Kazakhstan – idea of Multidimensional Poverty Index Macedonia FYR – review of People Centered Analysis

indicators Tajikistan – plan Multidimensional Poverty Index in

NHDR2011 Ukraine – done Multidimensional Social Exclusion Index in

NHDR2011 Uzbekistan – attempt MDG Index

Region – plan Roma vulnerability survey