We, the ISN family, gladly announce and welcome the Chronic Poverty Research Centre as a new partner.
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs that exists to focus attention on chronic poverty. It was established in 2000 with initial funding from the UK’s Department for International Development and is based in Manchester, UK. It aims to stimulate national and international debate; deepen understanding of the causes of chronic poverty; and provide research, analysis and policy guidance that will contribute to its reduction.
CPRC expects its research and analysis to result in policy relevant findings which will be useful to all those working to combat poverty. This includes people in community level organizations, government and official agencies, NGOs, political parties, other researchers, the media, trade unions and the private sector.
The people who should ultimately benefit from CPRC’s research are those whose deprivation is sustained over many years and who are least likely to benefit from current national and international development efforts.
CPRC research themes aim to deepen our understanding of poverty dynamics and, in particular, our consideration of the nature, causes and remedies of chronic poverty, including:
- Conceptualization of poverty dynamics and persistent poverty;
- Empirical approaches to the study of poverty dynamics and economic mobility;
- Empirical approaches to the study of the inter-generational transmission of poverty;
- Insecurity, risk and vulnerability;
- Assetlessness, low returns and inequality;
- Adverse incorporation and social exclusion; and
- Gender.
In the past, CPRC research has considered:
- how chronic poverty can best be understood – through measurement, “participatory” research, or other approaches
- the characteristics of chronic poverty – in relation to other concepts such as the “ultrapoor”, inter-generational poverty, relative poverty, and durable poverty
- the causes of chronic poverty, including: culture, social relations, agency and identity.
We are very happy to have the Chronic Poverty Research Centre as part of the International Relations and Security Network and look forward to a fruitful and mutually enriching cooperation.
FRIDE (the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior) is a European think tank for global action, which provides innovative thinking and rigorous analysis of key debates in international relations. Its mission is to inform policy and practice in order to ensure that the EU plays a more effective role in supporting multilateralism, democratic values, security and sustainable development.
