Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI)

**In 2022, Ferdi is associated with the work of the UN High Level Panel for the Development of a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI).**

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On 17 March 2022, the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, launched the work of the High-Level Panel on the Development of a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) to be delivered to him before the end of the year. \
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Patrick Guillaumont and Laurent Wagner opened the first session of the High Level Panel on 28 March to present the findings of the UN report P*ossible Development and Uses of Multi-Dimensional Vulnerability Indices. Analysis and Recommendations*, for which they were the lead authors and which should serve as a basis for the Panel's work.\
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In his speech, Patrick Guillaumont stressed that in order to be an instrument guiding international policy, the multidimensional vulnerability index must meet the following three criteria: 1/ the index must be truly multidimensional (economic, environmental and social), 2/ it must be universal - if only to be able to compare vulnerability between countries -, 3/ it must make it possible to separate what is exogenous or structural from what depends on the current policy of the countries. \
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Sosso Feindouno and Laurent Wagner, research fellows at Ferdi, were commissioned by the United Nations to coordinate the work of the High-Level Panel.

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**Version: 2021-12-20\
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