Past Event

Addressing the Hidden Dimensions of Poverty in Knowledge and Policies

This one-day event will bring together participants from the World Bank, the IMF, ATD Fourth World, other multilateral development banks, academia, and other stakeholders. Special guests and keynote speakers include Esther Duflo, a Nobel Prize winner for economics, and Olivier de Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. This event will provide a forum to advocate for people experiencing poverty and for practitioners from different countries to share their knowledge and experience of tackling poverty and its many dimensions.

Merging Knowledge and Experience to Fight Poverty Together

This page is also available in FrenchSpanish, and Swahili (PDF)

Video Recording Links Available Below

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024

Time: 9am - 5pm ET

Location: Preston Auditorium, World Bank HQ

Agenda Highlights

9:00 - 9:15 AM   

Opening Remarks – Watch the Video Recording

Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Global Director for Poverty & Equity, World Bank

Donald Lee, President, International Movement ATD Fourth World

Antonio Spilimbergo, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF

9:15 - 10:00 AM

Keynote Address: "Evaluating the Impact of Anti-Poverty Policies: The Value of Multiple Approaches" – Watch the Video Recording

Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences; Holder of the Poverty and Public Policy Chair at the Collège de France
10:00 - 11:15 AM

The ATD Fourth World – Oxford University Hidden Dimensions of Poverty Research – Watch the Video Recording

Collective presentation by co-researchers from International and National Research Teams

11:30 - 12:45 PM

Parallel Workshops on Addressing the Hidden Dimensions of Poverty Research in Bolivia, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, and the United States (In Person Only)

1:45 - 2:45 PM

Involving People in Poverty in the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of the Policies that Affect Them: Presentation of the Tool for the Inclusive, Deliberative Elaboration and Evaluation of Policies (IDEEP) – Watch the Video Recording

Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Xavier Godinot, Research Director, ATD Fourth World

2:45 - 4:00 PM

Parallel Workshops on Implementing the IDEEP Tool in Bolivia, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, and the United States (In Person Only)

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Concluding Roundtable: Where Do We Go From Here? – Watch the Video Recording

Chair: Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Global Director for Poverty & Equity, World Bank

Martin Kalisa, Deputy Director, International Movement ATD Fourth World

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

 

Download the Full Program (PDF)

 


Video Recordings in Swahili:

Morning Plenary Session | Afternoon Plenary Session | Concluding Rountable

This conference brought together academics, practitioners, and people who have direct experience of poverty as co-researchers to better understand the key dimensions of poverty and their relationships. Participants discussed the Inclusive and Deliberative Elaboration and Evaluation of Policies (IDEEP) tool that has been developed to better design, implement and assess policies, trainings or projects that aim to address poverty with the active participation and inclusion of people who are experiencing poverty.

The conference drew 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 face poverty, to provide new insights about the multidimensional nature of poverty and the IDEEP tool that transforms the findings of this research into action.

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Date: February 15, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM - 08:00 PM ET

Location: Washington, D.C. and Online