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 Poverty Reduction Conferences
6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (Sep. 2019)
5th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (Sep. 2018)
4th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (Sep. 2017)
3rd Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (Feb. 2016)
2nd Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (Nov. 2014)
1st Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference (May 2013)
January 27, 2015 - 3:00 PM
USAID and GW Discuss Ending Extreme Poverty
February 20, 2019 - 5:00 PM
Should Leaders Focus on Poverty or Inequality? Ethical and Policy Perspectives
February 21, 2020 to February 21, 2020
Mardi Dungey Memorial Research Conference
February 27, 2020 - 4:30 PM
Covering The Other Half Billion: China’s Rural Sector
March 30, 2020 - 11:00 AM
Webinar on E-Commerce at the WTO: What’s Going On?
June 16, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Just Governance: Lessons on Climate Change Justice from People in Poverty
June 19, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Imperfect Competition on the Cathedral Floor: Labourers in London 1672 to 1748
September 28, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America
October 19, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets
October 26, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Immunocapital: Disease, Power, and Inequality in the Antebellum Cotton Kingdom
November 13, 2020 - 12:30 PM
The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China