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. See our Core Objectives and Strategic Plan 2010-2011 for details.
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Crop Events

March 13-15, 2012 / Mexico D.F.

CROP and El Colegio de México jointly organize the interdisciplinary seminar, examining sound policies for eradicating poverty among peasants.

7-9 December 2011, Mexico D.F.

CLACSO-CROP Programme, Working Group on Poverty and Social Policies (CLACSO), Economics Research Institute (IIEc-UNAM), Seminar on Social Question (SUCS-UNAM) and Social Research Institute (IIS-UNAM) have jointly organized this international workshop.

28-30 November, 2011 / Kampala, Uganda

This cross-continental and interdisciplinary seminar is jointly organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, Makerere University, The Nile Basin Programme (NBRP) and The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI).

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News from CROPNet

February 8, 2012 / The New School, New York

Young Lives Project is a longitudinal study of 12,000 children from four developing countries over a period of 15 years.

The World Development Report 2012 "Gender Equality and Development" (GED), represents a new push to raise the profile of gender equality among a variety of official development actors.

The newsletter is a way of sharing with CROPNet, colleagues and friends what CROP has been doing during the last semester of 2011 and to give a glimpse of what is planned for the first part of 2012.

The latest issue includes input from many researchers affiliated with CROP.