Knowing who is poor, in what ways and to what extent.
The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) is a new, gender-sensitive measure of multidimensional poverty. It’s a ground-breaking measure developed to assess deprivation at the individual level.
By collecting information about 15 key dimensions of life – including those important to a gendered understanding of poverty like time-use, voice in the community and violence – the IDM can generate granular data to inform the work of global leaders, NSOs and policy makers to leave no one behind.
This page has been developed for attendees of the High Level Political Forum at the United Nationa in New York from 9-18 July.
IDM at the HLPF
IDM’s Joanne Crawford, Joanna Pradela and Susan Ward will be attending the HLPF in 2019. They will be meeting with IDM stakeholders and users. If you would like to set up a meeting, please email info@individualdeprivationmeasure.org or contact Joanne Crawford and Joanna Pradela over Twitter.
Find out more about the IDM
- Measuring poverty and the history of the Individual Deprivation Measure
- Read more about the Measure
- The IDM uses a unique methodology – find out more here
- The IDM is a partnership between the Australian National University (ANU) and the International Women’s Deprivation Agency (IWDA), with strategic support from the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Meet the team behind the measure.
- Browse IDM resources
- Read the latest news
This short (4 minute long) video gives an introduction to the power of the IDM and the role it can play in leaving no one behind:
Three final country studies are underway in Indonesia, Myanmar and South Africa. Findings will be released late 2019 - early 2020. Register your interest in being the first to read about these groundbreaking new studies.
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