This book analyses innovative ultra-poor programmes from around the world and explores the lessons that emerge from this new body of knowledge.
3 September, 2010 / Geneva, Switzerland
The report provides new data that will contribute both to MDG progress up to 2015, and also stimulate discussion of longer term poverty reduction strategies beyond this date.
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the UNDP Human Development Report launch the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) a new measure that gives a “multidimensional” picture of people living in poverty.
This book examines the political processes shaping the formulation of social protection policies; compares the key conceptual frameworks available for analysing social protection; and provides a comparative discussion on social protection policies focused on the poor and the poorest.
25 June 2010 / UNESCO, Paris
The report offers a first comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of the social sciences in over a decade. The search for solutions to complex problems – environmental, societal, intercultural and economic – means that the demand for more and better social science is likely to become acute.
The book questions the current status of the development agenda and examines why development has eluded large groups of people living in poverty. It argues that there is a general unwillingness to understand, and focus adequate attention on, the factors that explain the continued production of poverty and inequality.
UNRISD research highlights three crucial elements of a sustainable and inclusive development strategy: sustained growth and structural change that create jobs and improved earnings for the vast majority of people; comprehensive social policies that are grounded in universal rights; and civic activism and political arrangements that ensure states are responsive to the needs of all citizens.
29 June 2010 / Brussels
This capacity building symposium is organized by The Centre for Parliamentary Studies, and will focus on poverty reduction indicators which seeks to raise awareness of poverty reduction as a key policy objective in Europe.
11-13 November 2010 / Luxembourg
Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion invites to this conference that will examine poverty and development within the framework of recent global crises and governance.
November 25-26, 2010 / Det Teologiske Menighetsfakultet, Oslo
The conference theme is: Rethinking Crises: Vulnerability, Community and State in Development Research. Deadline for proposing workshops at the conference is 1 June, 2010.
UNESCO's Social and Human Strategy for 2010-2011 endeavours to further stimulate the production of studies directed towards the formulation of public policy that respects human rights and freedoms.
The mission of the foundation is to tackle extreme poverty and hunger among rural small farmers in Nigeria by boosting small scale agricultural production.
The report provides an overview of social protection, and an assessment of its potential contribution to addressing poverty and vulnerability in developing countries.
30 June, 2010 / Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
The Congress, "Basic Income – an Instrument for Justice and Peace", will explore the basic income option from the standpoint of its contribution to social justice and peace, including basic income as a means of reducing inequality and poverty.
Deadline: 30 April, 2010
The award is presented annually to an organization or individual from any region of the world for outstanding achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development.
Deadline: 30 April, 2010
Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence, SHS-UNESCO is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade.
April 28, 2010 / Parkteateret, Oslo, Norway / 19:00
Public debate, followed by the showing of South of the Border, Oliver Stone’s documentary about the left-oriented political projects in Latin America.
Global monetary chaos: Systemic failures need bold multilateral responses.
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.
The study Child Poverty and Disparities in Egypt: Building the Social Infrastructure for Egypt’s Future, the first comprehensive study in Egypt which focuses on both poverty and childhood, was launched on February 16th, 2010.
7-9 April / Quito, Ecuador
The conference is organized by FLACSO, and will feature the participation of more than 50 researchers from the region.
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.
May 10-11 / Palais des Nations, Geneva
Responding to Global Crises: New Development Paths.
21-23 September, 2010 / The University of Jordan, Amman
How can human rights be incorporated into the theoretical and empirical study of human development and economic analysis? Which elements need to be incorporated in such a framework?
CMI Report: Making education available is perhaps the most significant contribution the churches make to development in Angola. Most of the churches also run health posts and hospitals in remote areas of the country.
DesiguALdades.net is an international, interdisciplinary, and multi-institutional research network. Doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships are available.
The general prevalence of poverty in Nigeria is paradoxical because the country is one of the biggest oil-producing countries in the world, yet 70% of the population lives on less than US$1 a day.
The book offers an alternative paradigm for analysing African development from the current “aid and aids” narrative.
The Russell Sage Foundation is offering a special 30% discount on all titles in the Series.
MASSIVEGOOD contributes to UNITAID, an organization created in 2006 to increase access to treatments against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries.
