How does the MPI respond to the effects of shocks?
The effects of shocks are difficult to capture in any poverty measure. Because the standard survey data used to estimate the global measure are collected only every three years, the ability to detect changes is limited by the available data fed. The MPI will reflect the impacts of shocks as far as these cause children to leave primary education or to become malnourished, for example. If more frequent data is available at the country or local level, this can be used to seek to capture the effects of larger scale economic and other shocks.
