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Eradicating Chronic Poverty in India: Policy Issues and Challenges

Conference

International Conference on Eradicating Chronic Poverty in India: Policy Issues and Challenges
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
New Delhi, India
October 1-3, 2008.
The call for abstract submission is now...

Social Protection for the Poorest in Africa - Learning from Experience

Conference

Kampala, Uganda
8-10th September 2008
Visit the conference website for details on how to register, the programme and additional information and resources.
Development Research & Training, the CPRC and the Brooks World Poverty Institute will co-host this international...

Understanding chronic poverty and poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh

Workshop

Workshop organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), and Data Analysis and Technical Assistance Ltd. (DATA)
19 August 2008 - Download the press release
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The purpose of this workshop was to present the findings...

Call for proposals - Addressing Structural Poverty: Policy, Politics and Realities

Seminar

The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, CPRC's South African partner, is commissioning research on various aspects of poverty in South Africa, and calling for proposals for working papers on chronic and structural poverty in relation to:

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Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Launch

Launch

*Please note change of venue*
The CPRC, in association with the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committe, is holding an event on
Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 5.30 pm in the *Mall Room, The Foreign Press Association, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AJ* 
to...

Poverty Reports Day

Public Meeting

Tuesday 8 July 2008, 10:00-16:00
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
The Poverty Reports Day presented four recently published and one forthcoming report on poverty in the developing world and brought together research institutions, development agencies, representatives from developing country...

What Development Interventions Work? The Long-Term Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Interventions in Bangladesh

Workshop

8th April 2008
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CPRC, in partnership with the Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA) Ltd., are undertaking quantitative and qualitative research focussing on the long-term impact of three interventions -...

MDG midpoint: Chronic poverty - Do people in chronic poverty gain anything from the MDGs?

Meeting

ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD
Monday 23 July, 1.00-2.30PM
CPRC and the Overseas Development Institute co-hosted this meeting at which a panel of speakers bridging the worlds of research and policy discussed their perspectives on how the MDG agenda relates to chronic poverty...

Understanding and addressing spatial poverty traps

Workshop

Cape Town, South Africa
29 March 2007
CPRC, the Civil Society Partnership Programme of ODI, Trocaire and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation are sponsoring an international workshop drawing together researchers, civil society organisations, donor organisations and southern...

Living on the Margins: Vulnerability, social exclusion and the state in the informal economy

Workshop

Cape Town, South Africa
26-28 March 2007

 
The Isandla Institute and the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, in partnership with the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, invite submissions for papers and presentations for a conference exploring the...

Latest Publications

Fighting chronic and extreme poverty in Bangladesh: implications for the second generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

The Government of Bangladesh is currently in the process of preparing the second Poverty Reduction...

Entrenchment or enhancement: could climate change adaptation help reduce poverty?

In the context of climate change, the poorest people are commonly seen as having the least capacity...