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Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team Understanding and tackling the causes of Poverty and Vulnerability
Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team
The Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team aims to shift thinking, policy and practice towards dynamic and multi-dimensional perspectives on vulnerability and poverty.
Vulnerability is a major obstacle to social and economic development. Poor people are especially vulnerable, they have few buffers or resources to cope with hazards or shocks. Yet they are significantly more likely to be affected by ill-health, unemployment, trade shocks, climate change, famine or conflict. Sustainable poverty reduction can only be achieved and managed effectively if vulnerability is better understood.
We aim to identify and develop responses to vulnerability that gives greater agency and voice to the vulnerable and the poor, and engages policymakers and practitioners.
We address this through:
- Inter-disciplinary research that provides new insights into the causes of vulnerability and poverty.
- Policy analysis that pursues more effective strategies for increasing security and opportunity for all.
Key research themes
Inter-Institutional Research Themes
For further information, please contact:
Team Administrative Coordinator: Deborah Shenton
Team Leader: Allister McGregor
News »»
30 Jul 10 Widening the Exit Doors: Lessons from Fonkoze, CLM
Brac Development Institute has published a communication brief that discusses the evaluation results of Fonkoze's graduation programme, CLM.
27 Jul 10 Sharing knowledge for low carbon development in South Asia
New South Asia Low Carbon Platform aims to disseminate and share information on low carbon energy systems and low carbon development strategies that reduce poverty and tackle climate change in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
22 Jun 10 UN Secretary-General: 2nd Voices of the Vulnerable Report - Recovery from the Ground Up
The UN Secretary-General's second report on the impacts of the ongoing economic crisis on vulnerable populations in developing countries has just been published.
Events
UNAIDS, UNICEF and IDS two day meeting on evidence around HIV and Social Protection
Dates: 14 Jun 2010 - 15 June 2010
On the 14th-15th June, the Centre for Social Protection hosted a two day meeting: 'Social Protection, HIV and AIDS - State of the Evidence' at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK
CSP Conference 2011: Social Protection for Social Justice
Dates: 13 Apr 2011 - 15 April 2011
Time: 9am to 5pm
The Centre for Social Protection is convening a 3-day conference on Social Protection for Social Justice, to be held in April 2011 at IDS Sussex. The conference aims to explore future directions for social protection that go beyond social safety nets and risk management, to address broader concerns with redistributive equity and social injustice.
On the 14th-15th June, the Centre for Social Protection hosted a two day meeting: 'Social Protection, HIV and AIDS - State of the Evidence' at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK
The Centre for Social Protection is convening a 3-day conference on Social Protection for Social Justice, to be held in April 2011 at IDS Sussex. The conference aims to explore future directions for social protection that go beyond social safety nets and risk management, to address broader concerns with redistributive equity and social injustice.
Latest Team Publications »
- Kabeer, N (2010) 'Monitoring Poverty as if Gender Mattered: A Methodology for Rural Bangladesh ', IDS Discussion Paper 255, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, K, Mahmud, S and Castro, J (2010) 'NGOs’ Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh', IDS Working Paper 343, Brighton: IDS
- (2010) 'Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Evidence from Asia', IDS Bulletin 41.4, Brighton: IDS
- McGregor, J.A., Gough, I. (2010) Development As The Pursuit of Human Wellbeing
- McGregor, J.A., Camfield, L., Masae, A., Promphakping, B. (2010) 'Development, Rapid Change and Wellbeing in Contemporary Thailand'
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