Chronic Poverty Research Centre

The Chronic Poverty Reports are the flagship policy engagement publications of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre around the world.

In 2004, the Centre published the first Chronic Poverty Report, the first major international development report to focus on chronic poverty. This report examined the dimensions of chronic poverty - the number of people who suffer it, where they live, who they are and why chronic poverty exists.  

In 2008, the Centre will publish the second Chronic Poverty Report, which looks in more depth at possible solutions. It identifies five main traps which create chronic poverty, and sets out key policy responses. The publication of this Report is accompanied by Policy Briefs, highlighting key arguments and policy points in a shorter format; and fifty Background Papers offering a wealth of extra detail and research.

The CPRC Partners around the world also publish national Chronic Poverty Reports, looking at the dimensions of chronic poverty, and possible policy responses, in their countries or regions.

Please follow the links in the text above or on the left-hand menu to access these publications - or for more CPRC publications, visit our searchable publications database.