This workshop has three main objectives.
- First, it introduces the main poverty and inequality challenges facing the Arab region considering the impact of COVID-19.
- Second, the workshop aims to introduce and acquaint participants with the concept of multidimensional poverty measures MPI (Multidimensional Poverty Index).
- Third, the workshop will also cover social protection strategies and how this plays a role in poverty reduction and will guide participants on how to assess policy options in a national context.
The participants will thus be exposed to the following outcomes:
- Inequality and Poverty Challenges in the Arab Region
- Introduction to Poverty Measures
- Designing National MPI
- Building National MPIs and using the Multidimensional Poverty Index Assist Tool (MAT)
- Social Protection and Poverty Reduction
- Using MPI for Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Strategies
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
