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The first Millennium Development Goal: What do recently published and forthcoming international reports on poverty tell us about policies for its elimination?

8 July 2008 09:00-15:00 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

  • The event will bring together research institutions, development agencies, representatives from developing country governments and members of the public to hear presentations on five recently published and forthcoming international reports on poverty.

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    Panel:
    Andrew Shepherd - Overseas Development Institute
    Tony Addison - University of Manchester
    Ruth Vargas Hill - International Food Policy Research Institute
    Duncan Green - Oxfam International
    Ian Jones - International Fund for Agricultural Development Philippe Remy - International Fund for Agricultural Development
    Martin Prowse - Overseas Development Institute
    Santosh Mehrotra - the Planning Commission, the Government of India
    Margaret Kakande - Ministry of Finance, Government of Uganda
    Andrew Steer - Department for International Development
    Caroline Harper - Associate Director, Chronic Poverty Research Centre

     

  • An ODI, Chronic Poverty Research Centre and International Fund for Agricultural Development public event.
Do five recently published and forthcoming international reports provide a coherent analysis of the policies and approaches which are required to reduce and then eliminate poverty?
The event will bring together research institutions, development agencies, representatives from developing country governments and members of the public to hear presentations on five recently published and forthcoming international reports on poverty:
  • ‘The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps’ by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, due for publication in July 2008;
  • ‘The World’s Most Deprived: Characteristics and Causes of Extreme Poverty and Hunger’ by the International Food Policy Research Institute, published in October 2007;
  • ‘From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World’ by Oxfam International, published in June 2008;
  • ‘Promotion of rural employment for poverty reduction’ by the International Labour Office, published in June 2008; and
  • A preview of the rural poverty report by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, due for publication in 2009.
Following the presentations will be reflections on the reports by a panel of policymakers, including representatives from DFID, the Indian Planning Commission and the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, who will provide a perspective from countries heavily engaged in the fight against poverty.
The day will conclude with a group discussion and an attempt to compare, contrast and synthesise the five reports presented.