Roundtable on risk and fragility

June 1, 2016 CPAN

CPAN was excited to be involved in USAID’s roundtable on risk and fragility in Washington last month. The session discussed the role which different risks have on the achievement of sustainable poverty reduction and how risk can better be integrated into programming so that the objectives of ending extreme poverty and achieving food security can be achieved.

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New CPAN Infographics on Life-history interviews

May 24, 2016 CPAN

Life-history interviews, which are at the core of CPAN’s research approach, are in-depth individual interviews to identify the most important events during an individual’s life and the potential causes of an increase or decrease in well-being. In collaboration with local researchers, CPAN and ODI staff undertook focus group discussions and life histories in villages in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda in the framework of the project "Preventing backsliding to end extreme poverty".

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CPAN at the United Nations’ Expert Meeting on SDGs and Poverty Eradication

May 23, 2016 CPAN

Andrew Shepherd, CPAN Director, will be attending the United Nations Expert Group Meeting “Strategies for Eradicating Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals” in New York on 1-3 of June 2016. This meeting aims to bring together experts and policy makers to discuss and review current strategies to eradicate poverty and to bring insights to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Read more..