Poverty

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of how poverty data is collected and how poverty is measured. It also offers a deep dive on inequality measurement and how prosperity is shared among different groups. 

This program provides an overview of innovative approaches for real-time monitoring of welfare and their practical applications. In a global context of increased uncertainty, crises and shocks, real-time data is critical for monitoring welfare and policy design. Participants will explore how these approaches can be used to enhance decision-making and policy responsiveness.

This course explores how fiscal policy can help reduce poverty and inequality, focusing on redesigning taxes and transfers to ensure people living in poverty, especially extreme poverty, are not overburdened. It provides tailored, self-paced training for policymakers and civil society. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the key concepts and methods used to achieve equitable fiscal policy.

This program explores how location can impact access to services, economic opportunities, and vulnerability to climate-related shocks. It focuses on innovative uses of geospatial analysis to better target infrastructure and investments. Participants will learn how to use this technology to improve the welfare of poor and vulnerable households.

This five-session seminar focuses on helping national statistical offices produce better gender data. improving gender data. Accurate data helps address gender disparities and design more effective policies, but significant gaps remain, with only 42% of gender-specific SDG indicators being available globally and most data being outdated. This seminar covers the full gender data life cycle, from collection to dissemination, and presents best practices in survey design, data analysis, and visualizations.