Given recent developments relating to the COVID-19 outbreak, the organizers of The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty: Description, Measurement, and Action conference have decided to postpone the event due to take place in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2020. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We hope to find a future occasion at which this gathering can be held once the public health concerns have been allayed.
While the world has made great progress in reducing extreme poverty over the last two decades, that progress has been measured primarily in terms of consumption or income. Other aspects of life are also critical for wellbeing, and a number of initiatives have been underway to develop multidimensional measures of poverty – including at the World Bank. This conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and people who have directly experienced poverty as co-researchers to better understand the key dimensions of poverty and their relationships. The conference will draw on research from a multi-year participatory project carried out by the International Movement ATD Fourth World, in collaboration with Oxford University. Their approach combines knowledge from action, academic research, and the life experiences of those who have faced poverty, to provide new insights about the multidimensional nature of poverty. World Bank, IMF and academic researchers and practitioners will comment and contribute their own perspectives. Conference participants will discuss how to make further progress in poverty measurement, policy, and action.
Agenda Highlights
Opening Remarks
Aart Kraay, Director of Research and Acting Chief Economist, The World Bank
Antonio Spilimbergo, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, Director General, International Movement ATD Fourth World
Keynote Address: "Putting Dignity Back at the Center of Social Protection"
Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, MIT & 2019 Nobel Laureate in Economics
The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty
Rachel Bray, Oxford University
Xavier Godinot, Head of Research, ATD Fourth World
Delegates from four National Research Teams
View the full agenda under the agenda tab.
This conference is jointly hosted by the World Bank's Development Research Group and Poverty Global Practice.
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