Economics of Poverty and Inequality
In 2009, with the support of a generous donor who has chosen to remain anonymous, IIEP launched the Ultra-poverty Initiative (now the Economics of Poverty and Inequality). Since then, there have been over 50 IIEP events on poverty and human development, with many more to come. The Initiative is coordinated by James E. Foster and Stephen C. Smith with several other GW faculty participating and engaging in research and policy analysis on extreme (or ultra-) poverty in the developing world. IIEP’s initiative on the Economics of Poverty and Inequality focuses on basic and applied research, organizing conferences, collaborating with international organizations, and both technical and policy publications.
One of this initiative’s overarching themes is multidimensional measurement and analysis of poverty and poverty programs. Former IIEP Director James Foster’s influential work on multidimensional measurement provided the underpinnings of the UNDP Multidimensional Poverty Index. Professor Foster applies this work to measurement in several fields including educational quality, women’s well-being, health, nutrition, and corruption. In addition, IIEP faculty also work on the design and impact of multidimensional poverty programs, multidimensional screening of poverty program eligibility, and multidimensional poverty trap analysis. IIEP co-hosts an ongoing series on Viewing Multidimensional Poverty From Many Angles Multidimensional Poverty Seminar Series with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report Office (HDRO).
The events and faculty associated with this initiative are listed below.
- Viewing Multidimensional Poverty from Many Angles
Measuring Multidimensional Poverty. A Global Assessment of Data Availability and Data Gaps
Unidimensional Underpinnings of Multidimensional Counting Measures
The many forms of poverty: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages in the developing world
Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty with Bayesian Network Classifiers
- Past Urbanization and Development Conferences
The Urbanization and Development Conference brings together academics, government officials, policymakers, and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to people, markets, cities, and more.
February 14, 2022 - 11:00 AM
Extending Multidimensional Poverty Identification: From Additive Weights to Minimal Bundles
November 29, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Distributional Impacts of Cash Transfers on the Multidimensional Poverty of Refugees: The ESSN program in Turkey
May 10, 2021 - 10:00 AM
A Multi-Country Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Contexts of Forced Displacement
April 19, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Horizontal and Intersecting Wealth Inequalities in Mozambique – 1997 to 2017
March 26, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Revised Arab Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021
February 25, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Inequality among the Multidimensionally Poor in over 100 countries
February 1, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Moderate internationally comparable MPI
January 22, 2021 - 8:30 AM
Diagnosing and Addressing India’s Post-2011 Growth Slowdown
January 18, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Sensitivity Analyses in Poverty Measurement: The Case of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
December 11, 2020 - 11:00 AM
Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S.
November 15, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Who Smooths What? Asset Smoothing versus Consumption Smoothing in Burkina Faso