The prize, in association with Zed Books, is awarded annually to outstanding monographs contributing to research on global poverty eradication or prevention.

Dr Nandy’s winning submission, An Analysis of Changes in Child Poverty in the Developing World, Shailen looks at how child poverty, measured as deprivation of basic needs in the spirit of Peter Townsend, changed between 1995 and 2000.

For details, see the news item on the School for Policy Studies website.