Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Launch

8th July, 2008
Foreign Press Association, London, UK

Partner/Organisation

Description

The event was attended by representatives of bilateral and multilateral agencies, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and representatives from developing country governments.

This report is the second report in a series from the Centre. There are also national reports from Uganda and Bangladesh. The first Chronic Poverty Report was published in 2004. It highlighted the key processes by which many millions of people are trapped in chronic poverty. The new report provides a policy response to the first. It asserts that there are currently between 320 and 443 million people trapped in chronic poverty, and sets out the challenge for what policy makers should do.

The Report will also feature earlier in the day at the ODI's Poverty Reports Day public meeting.

Speakers and schedule

Key speakers included:

Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce MP, Chair, UK International Development Select Committee
Dr Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign
Prof Tony Addison, Associate Director, Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Margaret Kakande, Ministry of Finance, Uganda
Simon Maxwell, Director, Overseas Development Institute

Event website

For more information, please email chronicpovertyreport@odi.org.uk

Meeting reports

Full event report available here

Papers

The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09