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The Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison dedicated to studying poverty and economic inequality. It was established in March 1966, as a result of an agreement between UW–Madison and the Office of Economic Opportunity . [ 1 ]
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009; Image title: Current Population Reports, Consumer Income; Author: U.S. Census Bureau: Unique ID of original document: adobe:docid:indd:f950e127-f452-11dd-883c-b1e553b1148c: Date and time of digitizing: 11:59, 7 September 2010: File change date and time: 05:49, 16 ...
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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan. [1] Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. [2] The organization also manages the Poverty Probability Index.
The work of the CPRC programme led to the creation of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN). [4] CPAN is a network of researchers, policy makers and practitioners across 17 countries which looks at tackling chronic poverty; it is hosted at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton, [5] after 11 years with the Overseas Development Institute.
Similarly, 'ultra-poverty' is defined by a 2007 report issued by International Food Policy Research Institute as living on less than 54 cents per day. [21] The poverty line threshold of $1.90 per day, as set by the World Bank, is controversial.
As part of its mission to help bring an end to poverty in the United States, the Journal publishes articles from distinguished law professors and practitioners in poverty-related fields. In addition, the Journal features student research, works from scholars in poverty-related disciplines, and the voices of persons living in poverty. [1]
Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor was an independent international commission, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and established in 2005 as the “first global initiative to focus on the link between exclusion, poverty, and the law.” [1] Drawing on three years of research and consultations, the Commission ...