Blog
Above or below the poverty line: Three key questions for understanding shifts in global poverty
In 2010 and the following years, there was attention to the fact that much of global poverty had shifted to middle-income countries (for example here...
Blog
South Asia: how to ensure progress on reducing poverty isn't reversed by coronavirus
South Asia accounted for nearly two-fifths of the world’s poor, nearly half of the world’s malnourished children and was home to the largest number of...
Blog
The end of poverty postponed?: Over a billion people living in poverty and a $500 million per day loss of income for the poorest people in the world could soon be reality
by
Andy Sumner, Christopher Hoy, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate headlines as the death toll rises and economies falter. However, far too little attention is being given...
Blog
Poverty and the pandemic in the Pacific
by
Christopher Hoy
June 2020
COVID-19 has had a far greater economic impact than health impact on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific. There has been extensive commentary about...
Blog
Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty
In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid. The world has changed since then, and...
Panel discussion
Social mobility in the Global South – beyond poverty and inequality reduction
A new book, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants, produced by UNU-WIDER and edited by Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, and Kunal Sen and published by Oxford University Press offers students, researchers, and...
Wed, 6 April 2022
University of Greenwich Stockwell Street,
10 Stockwell St. - Room LT 0004,
East Greenwich, London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: The economic recession in Mozambique
On Wednesday 23 February 2022, Michael Sambo, Researcher at IESE, will present a recent study entitled The economic recession in Mozambique: Was it COVID-19? – A look from the external sector. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized...
Wed, 23 February 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM),
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: A spatial analysis of poverty in Mozambique
On Wednesday 6 April 2022, 12:00-13:00 (UTC+2), Isa Chiconela, independent researcher, will present her recent study in progress entitled 'Spatial analysis of poverty in Mozambique'. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under the...
Wed, 6 April 2022
Online,
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event