Chronic Poverty Reports

The Chronic Poverty Reports are the flagship policy engagement publications of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre around the world.

Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05

The first major international development report to focus on chronic poverty. This report examined the dimensions of chronic poverty - the number of people who suffer it, where they live, who they are and why chronic poverty exists.  

Chronic Poverty Report 2008-2009: Escaping Poverty Traps:

The second report looks in more depth at possible solutions for chronic pverty. It identifies five main traps which create chronic poverty, and sets out key policy responses. The publication of this Report is accompanied by Policy Briefs, highlighting key arguments and policy points in a shorter format; and fifty Background Papers offering a wealth of extra detail and research.

National Chronic Poverty Reports

CPRC Partners around the world also publish national Chronic Poverty Reports, looking at the dimensions of chronic poverty, and possible policy responses, in their countries or regions.