Poverty
Task Force Chairs
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Sudhir Anand
Professor of Economics
Oxford University
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Joseph Stiglitz
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
IPD’s Poverty Task Force seeks to analyze the effects of economic policies on poverty, and examine alternative policies to promote poverty reduction. Poverty concerns are intertwined with virtually every aspect of development, however this project focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on the poor, the effect of commodity price volatility on the rural poor who produce export crops, the sequencing of reforms and the areas in which sequencing errors are likely to have a serious poverty impact, and the effect of different institutional frameworks on poverty.
Upcoming Events
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No upcoming events currently
Past Events
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International Policy Rules and National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance
01/19/16 Meeting
New York, New York, United States
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Ocampo Delivers Kapuscinski Lecture
09/24/13 Speech
New York, New York, United States
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Reducing Poverty: Some Lessons from the Last Quarter Century
09/08/10 Speech
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Conference on Global Poverty Monitoring, 2003
03/31/03 - 04/01/03 Meeting
New York, New York, United States
Latest Publications
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Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy
12/11/15 Book
Joseph Stiglitz
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When Inequality Kills - Joseph Stiglitz writes on Project Syndicate
12/11/15 Link
Joseph Stiglitz
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Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty
03/01/10 Book
Paul Segal (Editor), Joseph Stiglitz (Editor), Sudhir Anand (Editor)
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Living Standards in Africa
05/01/09 Working Paper
Stephen Younger, David Sahn
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Poverty Decline in India in the 1990s: A Reality and Not an Artifact
05/01/09 Working Paper
Krishnamurthy Sundaram, Suresh Tendulkar
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China is Poorer Than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty
05/01/09 Working Paper
Shaohua Chen, Martin Ravallion
IPD’s Poverty Task Force seeks to analyze the effects of economic policies on poverty, and examine alternative policies to promote poverty reduction. Poverty concerns are intertwined with virtually every aspect of development, however this project focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on the poor, the effect of commodity price volatility on the rural poor who produce export crops, the sequencing of reforms and the areas in which sequencing errors are likely to have a serious poverty impact, and the effect of different institutional frameworks on poverty.
The Task Force also examines the importance of education and empowerment on poverty alleviation. Investment in education is usually seen as vital, but some evidence suggests that under certain circumstances this might not be the case. It also explores how governments committed to eradicating poverty have reinforced policy changes through empowerment of poor groups.