“Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms” was the theme for this year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In the framework of a project on poverty dynamics and poverty escapes, the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network has been working towards this objective.
Read MoreLeaving no adolescent behind requires policy coherence
Poverty exacerbates the risk of exclusion of adolescents through stigma, poor access to services and lack of social networks. By promoting societies in which no adolescent is left behind and moreover in which adolescents are allowed to thrive, we can help prevent the transmission of poverty to the next generation of children.
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Read MoreCall for Papers: Conference on Immiserizing Growth (26-27 May 2017, Toronto, Canada)
Call for Papers: Conference on Immiserizing Growth (26-27 May 2017, Toronto, Canada)
Read MoreMeasuring Poverty Reduction: Mixed-Methods Training Using Blended Learning for the ESRC project
Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches is important to understand better and identify sustained pathways out of extreme poverty. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) are a useful tool to study causes and effects of poverty reduction.
Read MoreWhat I have learnt about the use of Growth Incidence Curves: use them but stay critical
Growth Incidence Curves (GICs) is a graphical technique which shows how different percentiles of a population benefit from growth during a certain period. They can be used to identify pro-poorest growth (PP2G) episodes in developing countries. Use them but stay critical
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