CROP (The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty) is a programme of the International Social Science Council (ISSC), hosted by the University of Bergen. We build independent, alternative and critical knowledge and education which can inform policy. CROP has since 2009 been in a process of restructuring and reorganization. See our new Core Objectives and Strategic Plan 2010-2011.
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Crop Events

10-12 May / Bergen

The next meeting of CROP's Scientific Comittee will be held in Bergen.

1-5 March 2010 / Panama

Capacitation workshop for young reseachers in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the CLACSO-CROP Young Fellows programme.

4 February, 2010 / Oslo

The first meeting of the Norwegian CROP National Committee took place at SUM in Oslo.

Poverty Research Resources

Following the initiative of UNESCO and COMEST to promote serious debate on the ethical stakes of climate change, regional expert consultation meetings will be held across the world between March and May with a view to assessing the advisability of a Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change.

Published by Policy Press, the journal (formerly known as Benefits) provides a blend of research, policy and practice from leading authors in the field related to all aspects of poverty and social exclusion.

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Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) Policy Brief no. 45 (Jan 2010), by Dr. Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Senior Fellow, Asian Institute of Transport Development, New Delhi.

11 - 13 November, 2010 / Havana, Cuba

The CLACSO-CROP Programme is organizing, with CIPS and FANJNH in Cuba, an international workshop on “Poverty, Environment and climate change”.

2-4 February 2011 / Tampa, USA

CROP is co-sponsoring a conference in Tampa on social movement governance, the poor and the new politics in the Americas.