for example the opfiiundp global mpi covers a similar number of developing countries as the world banks ppp day measure drawing on national and international datasets the economic community of latin america and the caribbean eclac published a regional mpi in their social panorama and alkire and apablaza created a preliminary mpi across european countries using eusilc data see box in the short term countries can report existing national mpis or the value of their global mpi published by undp in this sense the flexibility of the alkirefoster method used to build any mpi allows the index to capture national and international concerns of poverty and development eg national development plans and sdgs the current mpis that are in place include a range of indicators pertinent to sdg goals such as health education living standards social inclusion violence and employment among others