Chronic Poverty Research Centre

Policy Briefs

These Policy Briefs, part of the longer CPRC series, present key elements of the Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09 in a more concise format. They are intended to serve as a quick guide to some of the key policy points made in the Report, and an introduction to the Report for those pressed for time!

Firstly, the Overview of the whole report is available for download as a separate document. Then, four Policy Briefs focus on the four central policy chapter themes from the Report – Social Protection, Growth, Gender and Social Change, and Conflict and Fragile States. Two more look at all of the Report’s themes: Untold Stories presents life history material offering a window into the experience of being chronically poor, and of being the object of poverty policy; Policies in Action looks at brief case studies of existing attempts to implement the kind of policies recommended in the Report.

They will be available to download below from Tuesday 8th July, and will also be available on our searchable publications database.

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Overview: Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09

Chronic poverty and violent conflict: ‘fragile states’ and the social compact
CPRC Policy Brief 7: Tony Addison and Tim Braunholtz-Speight

Escaping chronic poverty through economic growth
CPRC Policy Brief 8: Ursula Grant

Social protection: top priority to end chronic poverty
CPRC Policy Brief 9: James Scott

Supporting escape from chronic poverty: policies in action
CPRC Policy Brief 10: Tim Braunholtz-Speight

Untold stories: the human face of poverty dynamics
CPRC Policy Brief 11: Martin Prowse

Progressive social change: women's empowerment
CPRC Policy Brief 12: Tim Braunholtz-Speight, Caroline Harper and Nicola Jones