covid 19

In this blog entry I explain a recently developed approach to use simulations for multidimensional poverty when even contemporary micro-data are unavailable. In our application we use the global Multidimensional Poverty Index but this approach is applicable and potentially useful for other development indicators as well.

In this paper we evaluate the potential impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on global multidimensional poverty. Our results suggest a potential global setback to poverty reduction of around 9 years.