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Ten years of 'war against poverty': what have we learned since 2000 and what should we do 2010-2020?
The DFID-funded Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) will be marking 10 years of poverty research with an international conference entitled Ten years of 'war against poverty: what have we learned since 2000 and what should we do 2010-2020?".
The conference will be held at the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester on 8-10 September 2010, just 2 weeks ahead of the meeting of the UN General Assembly which will review progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The conference is funded by the CPRC, BWPI and DFID.
The objectives of the conference are:
(1) To present and review the state of knowledge about poverty and poverty reduction after the first decade of concerted global efforts to eradicate extreme poverty;
(2) To showcase CPRC’s major research findings and assess the state of knowledge about chronic poverty and its eradication;
(3) To help identify major issues and set the research and policy agenda on poverty and poverty reduction in the next 10 years (2010-2020).
The conference organisers are calling for papers which:
- conceptually explore poverty dynamics
- present empirical studies on poverty reduction
- explain new methodologies of measuring multi-dimensional poverty
- inform policymaking in poverty reduction.
Important dates:
Abstract submission by 21 January 2010
Decisions on papers and panel proposals will be emailed by end of March 2010
Final versions of accepted papers should be submitted by 30 June 2010.
Registration by 30 June 2010
More information
- For more details of suitable topics, how to submit abstracts and panel proposals, financial support and registration, please click here or visit the conference website.
- See the project records for the CPRC: (2000-2005) and (2005-2010)