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Poverty & Inequality researchers form a multi-disciplinary team devoted to understanding better the dimensions and causes of poverty and inequality, and the potential policy solutions. The point of departure of our work is that political commitment, organisational capacities and human resources for action against poverty, including the promotion of pro-poor growth, are in very short supply in many poor countries. The scope for more effective poverty reduction through more informed policy design and more intelligent implementation - drawing on the best research - is therefore considerable.
Researchers are active in the DFID-supported Chronic Poverty Research Centre, a partnership between ODI and a group of UK-based and Southern institutions now in its second 5-year contract period. We also host the Inter-Regional Inequality Facility. Other work is focused on investment and pro-poor growth, inequality and growth, and linkages between HIV/AIDS and other manifestations of poverty.
Caroline Harper is head of Poverty & Inequality
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