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BWPI has launched a new series of policy briefings. These aim to provide researchers and policy makers with clear, quickly accessible information on recent and ongoing BWPI research on global poverty.
Issue 1 'The global crisis, social protection and jobs'. Joseph Stiglitz.
For more details see our Resources section.
"The Money Man: Super-economist Joseph Stiglitz on how to fix the recession."
An interview with BWPI Chair Joseph Stiglitz in The Independent, February 9, 2010. Read the interview in The Independent online.
Listen to Andrew Marr's interview with Joseph Stiglitz on BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week', February 8, 2010.
Duncan Green, Head of Research, Oxfam GB, speaks about the impact of the financial crisis
Duncan Green participated in the Development Economics conference on 'Financial crisis, development and the changing shape of the global economy' at the University of Manchester on 22 January 2010. In a short interview he gave us his assessment of the impact of the financial crisis on poverty in the South. Listen to the interview. (4MB MP3 File)
BWPI Annual Report 2009
For news on all BWPI research activities during 2009 please see BWPI Annual Report 2009.
BWPI Postgraduate opportunities - MSc and PhD
An MSc in Poverty and Development is run jointly by BWPI and the Institute for Development Policy and Management. A small number of bursaries are available for September 2010 entry. Visit the School website for further details including entry criteria and application procedures.
BWPI welcomes applications for PhD study in a variety of areas connected to poverty alleviation. Further details
New publications
Moving Forward in Zimbabwe - reducing poverty and promoting growth
The report Moving Forward in Zimbabwe - reducing poverty and promoting growth was launched in Manchester on Friday 11th December with special guest Dr Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe Minister of Finance. For more information and to read the report see the Africa research area page.
Youth Violence in Latin America: Gangs and Juvenile Justice in Perspective
Edited by Gareth A. Jones and Dennis Rodgers, 2009, Palgrave Macmillan.
BWPI Senior Research Fellow Dennis Rodgers is co-editor of this book on gangs and youth violence in Latin America.
'Through the juxtaposition of wide-ranging, cutting-edge studies focusing specifically on youth gangs and the dynamics of juvenile justice, this volume provides a balanced and systematic comparative overview of the reality of present-day Latin American youth violence'. For more information see the News section
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.
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 website for more information.
BWPI Working Papers - latest uploads (pdf files)
The Political Economy of the MDGs: Retrospect and Prospect for the World’s Biggest Promise (David Hulme, James Scott)
Welfare Effects of Regressive Taxation and Subsidies in China (Xiaobing Wang, Jenifer Piesse)
Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Experiences from International Development (Michael Bamberger, Vijayendra Rao, Michael Woolcock)
Do transfers generate local economy effects? (Armando Barrientos, Rachel Sabatés-Wheeler)
See more Working Papers