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10 Years of War Against Poverty: What have we learnt since 2000 and what should we do 2010-20?

CROP is co-sponsoring the Chronic Poverty Centre Conference hosted by Brooks World Poverty Institute. The final programme is now available.

8-10 September, 2010 / Manchester, UK

From 8-10 September 2010, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) will celebrate ten years of poverty research with an international conference hosted by the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester. CROP is co-sponsoring the event, and organizing a plenary roundtable presenting elements of our new vision. This event will bring together leading poverty researchers and actors for poverty reduction to:  

  • review the ‘state of the art’ in poverty reduction;
  • showcase CPRC’s key research findings on chronic poverty;
  • set the research and policy agenda on poverty research for the next 10 years (2010-2020).

More information, including the programme, can be found at conference website.

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CROP Events

8-10 September, 2010 / Manchester, UK

CROP is co-sponsoring the Chronic Poverty Centre Conference hosted by Brooks World Poverty Institute. The final programme is now available.

4-6 October 2010 / Buenos Aires, Argentina

The workshop will focus on issues like what is the "power of the poor" in present time Latin American history; how to construct (historical) "memories" in the world of the poor and the relationships between churches and governing institutions.

10-13 November, 2010 / Havana, Cuba

Organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme in collaboration with CIPS and FANJ.