Using a multidimensional vulnerability index for the allocation of development finance

Organised by UN-OHRLLS and UN-DESA
in collaboration with FERDI, the Open Society Foundations (OSF), the Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P), the Executive Director for Africa Group I, the Executive Director for Africa Group II, and the Executive Director for France at the World Bank Group. 

The objective of the meeting is to explore the rationale and feasibility of, as well as possible obstacles to, the use of an index of multidimensional and structural vulnerability for allocation of and access to concessional resources. The discussion will also consider how such an index can complement other existing variables used to measure country development financing needs and its’ allocation.

Expected Outcomes 

• Improved understanding of how an index that measures multidimensional structural vulnerability can serve as a tool to enhance existing methodologies for determining financing needs and allocation.
• Identification of possible ways and conditions according to which such an index can be integrated into existing practices of IFIs and MDBs and a better understanding of the barriers to the implementation of such an index.
• Examination of the possibility to explore more deeply the consequences of this integration on country allocations, in cooperation with the MDBs.

Mme Tishka Hope Francis, Senior Programme Management Officer, UN-OHRLLS (tishka.francis@un.org) 

Mme Anya Thomas, Sustainable Development Officer, UN-DESA (thomasa@un.org) 

Dr. Matthieu Boussichas, Directeur de programmes Ferdi (matthieu.boussichas@ferdi.fr) ou Dr Sosso Feindouno, Chargé de recherche Ferdi (sosso.feindouno@ferdi.fr)