Jamaica Launches First‑Ever Multidimensional Poverty Index with Support From the Caribbean Development Bank

Jamaica launches first-ever multidimensional poverty index

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said Friday Jamaica has launched its first-ever Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), describing it as a landmark tool that will transform how poverty is measured, understood, and addressed across the island. In a statement, the region’s premier financial institution said that it launched the initiative in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) a…

Jamaica Launches First‑Ever Multidimensional Poverty Index with Support from the Caribbean Development Bank

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), officially launched the country’s first ever Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) - a landmark tool that will transform how poverty is measured, understood, and addressed across the island. The MPI provides a comprehensive picture of poverty by capturing …