From December 7 to 9, 2022, an expert meeting on measuring poverty and income inequality within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as a workshop on the harmonization of poverty statistics, took place in Geneva, Switzerland.
The event was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
It was attended by specialists from statistical departments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Poland, Russia, USA, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and a number of other countries.
The Republic of Uzbekistan was represented by the Deputy Head of the Department for Coordination of Sample Surveys of Households of the Department of Statistics of Living Standards and Population Surveys of the State Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Uzbekistan Otazhon Yusupov.
The main purpose of this event was to share experience in measuring poverty and inequality and harmonizing poverty statistics within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. Also within the framework of the event, international organizations presented a number of proposals and recommendations.
