UK Academic
UK Governmental
UK Non-Governmental
Organisations
International Academic
International Governmental
International Non-Governmental
Organisations
UK Academic
Centre for Research in Social Policy, University of Loughborough
See Poverty
and Social Exclusion page
Centre for Research into Socially Inclusive Services, Heriot-Watt
University
CRSIS is an interdisciplinary research centre which stimulates, supports,
undertakes and disseminates research into the provision and use of local private
and public services in deprived areas. It is one of the few organisations
anywhere in the World which does this kind of research
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, University of Manchester
Department of
Social Medicine, University of Bristol
An excellent source of information and contact point for research into health
inequality in Britain – this website includes some Townsend Centre for
International Poverty Research papers – see
http://www.social-medicine.com/townrep2.html
ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social
Exclusion – London School of Economics
An excellent collection of free
publications on social exclusion and poverty
European Panel Analysis Group (EPAG), University of Essex
A number of good
working papers on poverty dynamics in the European Union
Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex
Poverty and Social
Policy research page – see also the IDS Poverty & Social Policy literature
reviews
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/poverty/index.htm
Institute for Fiscal Studies Inequality page
Institute for Public Policy Research
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lots of free summaries of research on poverty once
you have registered
New Policy Institute
Think tank that produces the annual report on Monitoring Poverty and
Social Exclusion for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Personal
Finance Research Centre, University of Bristol
Some excellent research work on financial exclusion
Poverty
and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland
Provides data that allow Northern Ireland to be compared with the
results of the British Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey
Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, York University
of York
With many free
unpublished research papers on child poverty, including several papers on the
Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain
Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow
Caledonian University
The Scottish
Poverty Information Unit aims to research and collate information about poverty
in Scotland and to make it accessible to community groups, voluntary organisations and people working in the anti-poverty field. The Unit also hopes
to make a contribution by providing information needed to develop and evaluate
effective anti-poverty work.
Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
See Research on living
standards, money and poverty
South Bank University, European Institute
Social Exclusion and Social Protection (EXSPRO) pages - The aim of the EXSPRO
project is to analyse the issues that will contribute to the development of
policy to combat social exclusion in the European Union and its member states.
UK
Governmental
Department of Health -
inequality targets
The Government gave a commitment in
The NHS Plan that, for the first time ever, local targets for reducing health
inequalities would be reinforced by the creation of national health inequalities
targets – September 2001
Department for Transport, Local
Government and the Regions regeneration research
Including the Index of
Deprivation 2000
Department for Work and Pensions Analytical Services Division
Department of Work and Pensions publications:
Opportunity for
all - Tackling poverty and social exclusion, First
Annual Report 1999
Opportunity for all - One year on: making a difference,
Second Annual Report 2000
Opportunity for all -Making progress, Third Annual
Report 2001
Households
Below Average Income 1994/5 to 1998/9
Households
Below Average Income 1999/00
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
Office for National Statistics Social Inequalities Report 2000
Scottish Executive: Social
Justice Area Regeneration and Social Inclusion Division
Scottish Executive Central Research Unit (CRU)
Social justice research including
the Social Inclusion Research Bulletin and Social Inclusion Research Findings
Social Exclusion Unit
Social Security Select Committee report on pensioner poverty – July 2000
UK Non-Governmental
Organisations
Barnardo's
Barnado's vision is that the lives of all children and young people should be
free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. In September Barnardo's launched
their campaign 2000 - 'Counting the Cost of Child Poverty'
Child Poverty Action Group
(CPAG)
CPAG promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly, of poverty among
children and families with children. Publishes Poverty the facts.
Church Action on Poverty
Church Action on Poverty is an ecumenical, educational
and campaigning organisation, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. They
work with churches and other groups across the UK to ensure that the voices of
people with firsthand experience of poverty are heard.
Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation dedicated to
finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.
The Poverty Alliance
The Poverty Alliance is a national anti-poverty
development agency for Scotland
Swansea Poverty Action Network
The website for Swansea people and organisations who are committed to combating local poverty and social exclusion
War on Want
International Academic
Belgian Review of Social Security
The Economic and Social Research Institute
The leading research centre on
poverty in Ireland. The ESRI conducts the Living in Ireland survey which is
used by the Irish government to measure poverty
European Low-Wage Employment Research Network (LoWER)
The network brings
together more than twenty European researchers on low pay, minimum wages, wage
inequality and employment – Based in The Netherlands
Institute for Research on Poverty
(IRP)
IRP is a national university-based centre for research into the causes
and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States
The International Development Research Centre
A public corporation created
by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find
solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research
International Social Science Council: Comparative Research Programme
on Poverty
Joint Centre for Poverty Research
Publishes Poverty Research News – USA
Luxembourg Income Study
Many working papers on income poverty in
industrialised countries
Poverty Mapping
The project Improving Methods for Poverty and Food Insecurity
Mapping and its Use at Country Level pools know-how, data and technical skills
of the three international organisations FAO, CGIAR and UNEP/GRID plus various
other international expert institutions to provide the public with poverty maps
from the global to the sub-national level
Social Policy Research Centre
The leading poverty research organisation in
Australia, they have done excellent work on child poverty with UNICEF and on
Budget Standards
UNICEF Innocenti Report
A League Table of Child Poverty in Rich
Nations. This UNICEF report on child poverty in the world’s wealthiest nations,
concludes that one in six of the rich world’s children is poor - a total of 47
million – Free PDF download
US National Institute for Social Science
Information - Urban Poverty research
International Governmental
Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA)
CIDA supports sustainable
development activities in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more
secure, equitable and prosperous world
International
fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Rural Poverty
The IFAD’s mission is to work with the poorest populations in rural areas
of developing countries to: eliminate hunger and poverty; enhance food security;
raise productivity and incomes; and improve the quality of life through improved
access to productive resources, and empowerment. It is one of the three UN
organisations that produce estimates of World Poverty – see UNDP & World Bank
International Monetary Fund Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)
In September 1999, the objectives of the IMF's concessional lending were
broadened to include an explicit focus on poverty reduction in the context of a
growth oriented strategy. See SAPRIN and Social Watch websites for a more
realistic assessment of the problems of the IMF/World Bank anti-poverty policies
International parliamentarian world appeal for the Tobin tax
This shows there
is large support throughout the world for a Tobin type tax that would slow down
speculation, impose rules on the financial markets and finance the fight against
poverty and for the developing countries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) POVNET
In
recent years a renewed impetus has emerged in the international community around
the central goal of reducing extreme poverty by half by 2015. In order to help
bilateral aid agencies sharpen the focus and impact of their poverty reduction
efforts, the OECD established in 1998 the
OECD Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET).
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
The overall goal
of SIDA is to raise the standard of living of poorer groups of people in the
world – Sweden
United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
In December 1995, the General Assembly adopted resolution 50/107 proclaiming the
First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006). In
December 1996, resolution 51/178 laid down the theme for the Decade as a whole
which is "Eradicating poverty is an ethical, social, political and economic
imperative of humankind.". The Bulletin for the Eradication of Poverty
is available from this site
United Nations
Expert Group on Poverty Statistics
United Nations
Expert Group on Household
Income Statistics
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) -
Poverty Eradication
UNDP helps
developing countries plan and implement national strategies and solutions for
reducing poverty. It is one of the three UN organisations that produce estimates
of World Poverty – see IFAD & World Bank
US Census Bureau poverty page
These are the official poverty estimates for the
USA
World Bank PovertyNet
The Poverty Net Newsletter is available on this site. It
is one of the three UN organisations that produce estimates of World Poverty –
see IFAD & UNDP
International Non-Governmental
Organisations
ATD Fourth World Movement
ATD is an international non-governmental organisation
dedicated to overcoming extreme poverty. Its goal is to explore all
possibilities of partnership with families living in chronic poverty and to
encourage more private citizens and public officials to join this effort.
Canadian Council on Social Development
Combat Poverty Agency
The aim of the Combat Poverty Agency is to promote a
more just and inclusive society by working for the prevention and elimination of
poverty and social exclusion in Ireland.
European Anti-Poverty Network
(EAPN)
EAPN is an independent coalition of
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and groups involved in the fight against
poverty and social exclusion in the Member States of the European Union
European Network on
Debt and Development (Eurodad)
Eurodad is a network of
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in 16 European countries working on the
issues of Third World debt, structural adjustment, and financial markets in
order to ensure that their views be brought to bear on decision-makers in
Europe, the Bretton Woods Institutions and other relevant players.
Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty – USA
International Poverty and Health Network
The International Poverty and Health
Network [IPHN] formed following a series of meetings of World Health
Organisation [WHO] meetings on the theme of poverty and health.
National Centre for Children in Poverty - USA
RECEPAC - Network Against the Extreme Poverty
The RECEPAC Network is an
organization that was born of the necessity of uniting efforts of social
organizations of producers and non govermental groups of the four poorest states
of Mexico: Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Hidalgo. – Mexico
Social Watch
This is an excellent web site based in Uruguay for the
international citizens’ coalition monitoring implementation of the world
governments' commitments to eradicate poverty and achieve gender equity
Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN)
This
large network of NGO’s works with a broad range of citizens' groups ion four
continents to assess the real impact of World Bank and IMF-supported
economic-reform programs and to chart a new course for the future.
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