Multidimensional poverty and inequality

The talk explores conditions under which a poverty reduction experience is robustly more “pro-poor” than another one, in the context of counting measures of multidimensional poverty 

The talk seeks to illustrate the kinds of analyses that could be possible by implementing an AF methodology using limited variables across cross-sectional EU-SILC data from the period 2006-2012. 

The talk explores why India has higher economic growth than neighbours, growth in MPI is has been much slower by examining three types of inclusiveness and elasticities to study responsiveness 

Michèle Belot, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series. 

What's the best way to help people stuck in poverty get out of poverty? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, shows where conservatives and progressives differ. 

Dr Richard Waller, University of West of England, speaks at SRHE Academic Practice Network Event - Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction and its implications for educational research (Audio length - 00:54:23) 

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, one of the n ... Show More

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, one of the n ... Show More

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's poorest country, with a large majority of its 70 million citizens living in absolute poverty. For a long time, poverty in Africa has been seen as a purely humanitarian issue. But could the answer just be good economic management ... Show More

Is shame an automatic consequence of poverty? Can one be poor without being ashamed of it? A lecture from Professor Robert Walker, University of Oxford. 

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford University, introduces some of the key concepts in philosophical debates about global poverty. He then discusses Peter Singer's argument that not donating to aid agencies is as wrong as letting a drowning child die. 

Dr. Katriona O Sullivan is a psychologist whose work centers around the impact of poverty on a person's development. She works towards improving access to education for marginalized people. Her memoir "Poor" charts her journey as a child who grew up in extreme poverty to eventual ... Show More