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15/05/12 - First of the Manchester Poverty Masterclass series, by Professor Stephan Klasen, Göttingen University, on 'Measuring inequality in human development: a household-level HDI versus the IHDI'. Co-hosted with IDPM. Download event flyer (PDF, 165 KB).
'Understanding Poverty and Wellbeing: A Note with implications for research and policy' - produced by the Poverty Analysis Discussion Group. See more.
08/05/2012 - Professor David Hulme writes on'Priorities for Poverty Research': a Note on understanding Poverty and Wellbeing.'
This is part of a wider discussion - read his opinion piece in our News section and join the debate.
Adaptation, Poverty and Development: the Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being
Edited by David Alexander Clark, 2012, Palgrave Macmillan.
BWPI 2011 Annual Report (PDF, 1MB).
Latest BWPI Working Paper:Is the Doha Round dead? What is the way forward? by Faizel Ismail.
New worldpoverty@manchester briefing: Violence, poverty and crime in Patna, Bihar by Dennis Rodgers and Shivani Satija (PDF, 725KB)
worldpoverty@manchester briefings series.
Special issue of European Journal of Development Research 24(2): 187-318, on 'Beyond the BRICs: alternative strategies of influence in the global politics of development', guest editors Matthias vom Hau and James Scott.
As part of the ClimUrb research project, students filmed their innovative work with residents of low-income settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh (13/02/2012). View trailer below.
Dennis Rodgers interviewed on urban poverty and violence in Inda and beyond on Indian National Television (Doordashan) talk show Aaj Savere (This Morning), 24/02/12. View the interview (in two parts).
David Hulme makes a keynote speech on 'Effective states, inclusive growth and the challenge of governing India' (3/11/2011). View the speech on Youtube.
Armando Barrientos talks about research on perceptions of poverty, in an interview with Citizenreporter.org (27/06/2011). Download the podcast.
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