Chronic Poverty Research Centre

CPRC, the Overseas Development Institute and Plan International co-hosted a four-part seminar series in June and July at ODI:

June 8, 2005 – Can low income countries effectively deliver cash transfers which impact on child poverty?
June 15, 2005 – How can the abolition of user...

CPRC and the Overseas Development Institute (London) co-hosted a seminar on May 26, 2005 at ODI, chaired by Dr Andrew Shepherd (CPRC/ODI), at which two papers were presented:

Sense in Sociability? Social Exclusion and Persistent Poverty in South Africa (Professor Michael Carter, University of...

CPRC and the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, co-hosted a two-day international conference at IDPM on February 23-24, 2005. About 100 participants discussed 26 papers focussing on three main questions:

What are the roles of risks, rights, and needs in...

CPRC and its partner the Overseas Development Institute (London) hosted a two-day international workshop at the ODI on January 17-18, 2005. The researchers and civil society organisations that participated in the workshop drew on their experiences of attempting to use research-based evidence to...

The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05 - a major publication from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre - was launched at a meeting in London on 12 May 2004,  hosted by Tony Baldry MP, chair of the UK International Development Select Committee.
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4-5 November 2003
Indian Institute of Public Adminstration, New Delhi
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Major international conference co-hosted by CPRC and the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, April 7-9, 2003.
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15-16 May 2002 
Indian Institute of Public Adminstration, New Delhi
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On February 4th, 2002 CPRC held an inaugural workshop in London to present CPRC's developing research agenda and ask for...