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Zimbabwe conference presentations now available to downlaod
Presentations from the Moving Forward with Pro-poor Reconstruction in Zimbabwe conference held in Harare can be downloaded from the Zimbabwe conference page.
BWPI PhD researcher wins photography competition
BWPI PhD student, Nicola Banks, is one of the winners of The Daily Telegraph travel photography competition ‘The Big Picture’ . Her winning photograph was taken in Dhaka, Bangladesh. See more in the News section.
17 October 2009, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
In a blog to mark the 2009 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Caroline Harper from our partner organisation, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, urges a stronger focus on those most vulnerable to the impact of the global financial crisis: children, youth and women. More information in our News section.
BWPI/IDPM-led consortium wins £1.5 million DFID research grant over three years.
'Capturing the Gains: Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Production Networks' is the title of this collaborative cross-country research programme which will be led by Dr Stephanie Barrientos (BWPI/IDPM). The aim is to promote policies and interventions for fairer trade that benefit poorer producers and workers and promote more sustainable development in the South. An international network of researchers will carry out cross-country case studies and comparative research to offer a fresh perspective on development policy in a global economy. For more information on the programme see our News section.
development@manchester - launch of new seminar series
BWPI, GURC, IDPM, SED and SoSS co-host a new series of seminars for the 2009-10 academic year. For further details, including the full schedule, see the Seminar Series page in the Events section.
BWPI Masters programme - MSc Poverty and Development
BWPI have launched a new MSc Masters programme to be run jointly with the Institute for Development Policy and Management. A small number of bursaries are available for September 2009 entry.
Visit the School website for further details including entry criteria and application procedures.
New publications
development@manchester - launch of new research notes series
Development research at Manchester covers a range of theoretically exciting and policy relevant domains. Our research groups address: poverty, well-being and inequality; state–society relations; environment and development; social theory and social development; urban development; and enterprise, technology, finance, innovation and management.
'development@manchester' aims to summarise messages emerging from research conducted within these different groups. For more information click here.
Civil Society - 2nd revised edition, by Michael Edwards, 2009, Polity Press
Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world.
In this revised edition, BWPI Senior Visiting Fellow Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organising. For more information click here.
Poverty Dynamics Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Edited by Tony Addison, David Hulme and Ravi Kanbur, 2009, Oxford University Press
This is a state-of-the-art examination of the concepts and methods that can be used to understand poverty dynamics. It includes the work of anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. See the OUP web page for more information.
BWPI Working Papers - latest uploads (pdf files)
Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals: Politics, Ethics, Evidence and an 'Unholy Alliance'. (David Hulme)
Operational Framework for Integrating Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Development. (Christine Wamsler)
'The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A Short History of the World's Biggest Promise' (David Hulme)
See more Working Papers
Join the debate on the BWPI Poverty blog!
The BWPI 'Ending World Poverty' blog is a forum for discussion and debate on poverty-related issues. Latest blogs:
What "Slumdog Millionaire" Can and Cannot Teach Us About Slums.