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The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps inspires deepeer reflection on how to tackle chronic poverty and stimulates action to make it happen. Read the report now.
Welcome
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs which exists to focus attention on chronic poverty. It aims to stimulate national and international debate; deepen understanding of the causes of chronic poverty; and provide research, analysis and policy guidance that will contribute to its reduction.
CPRC 2010 Conference
Celebrating ten years of poverty research, Ten years of war against poverty will review the ‘state of the art’ in poverty reduction; showcase CPRC’s key research findings on chronic poverty; and set the research and policy agenda on poverty research for the next ten years.
Blogs
African poverty is falling over, do we dare to believe it?
New findings from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that poverty in Africa is falling at a faster rate than is expected. On this ODI Blog, Director Alison Evans considers if this is too good to be true, and calls on using the MDG review process to reinforce action to build a resilient African economy.