What works for the Poorest? Knowledge, Policies and Practices

3-5 December 2006
BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A conference jointly organised by CPRC, BRAC, and the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, and sponsored by DFID, CIDA and the Aga Khan Foundation.

The conference sought to contribute to global poverty reduction by generating useful knowledge about practical actions, public policies, and innovative financing ideas that can help the poorest improve their lives.

Read the Research Summary on the conference (pdf)

Further details, presentation abstracts and some papers are available from the BRAC Research and Evaluation Division website ... (opens in new window)

Read articles on the conference from Bangladesh's newspapers (links open in new window):

• The Daily Star
  
  • Time to add new tools to microcredit
  • Blind eye to urban poor to spell social disaster
  • Stress on better data, tailored policies

  

  Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Chairman Rehman Sobhan (2-R) speaks at a conference titled “What works for the poorest?” in Dhaka yesterday, as University of Manchester’s David Hulme (2-L), Naila Kabeer of Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and Syed Hashemi of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) look on. (The Daily Star, 06.12.06, page 8).