This year’s Battle of Ideas Festival has seen the participation of Anna Mdee, CPAN Research Fellow. Anna participated in the debate ‘Do we need the Sustainable Development goals?’ taking place Saturday 17 October, 16.00 until 17.00, at Free Stage, Barbican Hot Off the Press.
Read MoreGetting to zero poverty by 2030 - an Infographic by CPAN
This infographic CPAN aims to give an overall picture of the complexity and the dynamics that can trap people in a situation of chronic poverty, and to suggest the cross-cutting policy areas that need to be taken into account when aiming at tackling chronic poverty, stop impoverishment, build sustained escape from poverty.
Read MoreHow can we eliminate extreme poverty? Public Event 21st October 2015
The first of the SDGs challenges us to end poverty by 2030: join this day-long event to discuss how.
Photo Credit: Woman selling potatoes in Ecuador, Dottie Day
Read MoreIf we are going to achieve the SDGs then shouldn’t the rich consume less?
In some ways, the SDGs are refreshingly ambitious. Finally the global institutions are getting serious about eradicating poverty. They even grapple with reducing inequality between and within all nations. Unlike the MDGs they’ve even remembered to include a decent consideration of environmental limits and climate change. So why it is that the more I read of the targets that sit underneath some of the goals then the more confused I become?
Read MoreUpcoming conference on Pro-poorest Growth
The Asian Development Bank and the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network are pleased to announce the conference: Incorporating Pro-poorest Growth in the SDGs: Moving beyond the MDGs. Manila, Philippines 26-27 April 2016. As a forum for discussion for renowned academic, researchers, practitioners and policy makers, the conference aims to present the latest research evidence and to generate a series of practical and relevant recommendations for policy makers on pro-poorest growth.
Photo Credit: A child peeks through the window of a classroom - Shreeshitalacom Lower Secondary School. Kaski, Nepal. Photo: © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank - Photo ID: SDM-NP-058 World Bank
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