Shows
Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2016: How can we Transform the Economic Lives of the Ultra Poor?Contributor(s): Professor Robin Burgess, Professor Naila Kabeer, Lewis Temple | Tackling extreme poverty has proven to be one of the most intractable challenges facing policymakers today. This event will explore the impact of an innovative and proven approach for poverty alleviation, developed in Bangladesh by the international NGO BRAC, targeted at individuals defined as being extreme or ‘Ultra-Poor’. Speakers will discuss the impact of the original BRAC programme implemented in Bangladesh, based on a rigorous seven-year evaluation undertaken by IGC researchers. The term ‘extreme poor’ describes the subset of households living below the $1.25 a day poverty line. The ultra-poor represent the very...2016-02-2646 minSpring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2016: How can we Transform the Economic Lives of the Ultra Poor?Contributor(s): Professor Robin Burgess, Professor Naila Kabeer, Lewis Temple | Tackling extreme poverty has proven to be one of the most intractable challenges facing policymakers today. This event will explore the impact of an innovative and proven approach for poverty alleviation, developed in Bangladesh by the international NGO BRAC, targeted at individuals defined as being extreme or ‘Ultra-Poor’. Speakers will discuss the impact of the original BRAC programme implemented in Bangladesh, based on a rigorous seven-year evaluation undertaken by IGC researchers. The term ‘extreme poor’ describes the subset of households living below the $1.25 a day poverty line. The ultra-poor represent the very...2016-02-2646 min
Institute of Public AffairsLSE Master of Public Administration [Video]Contributor(s): Hannah Kramer, Sebastian Gallego Jimenez, Hind Metwalli, Dinker Bhardwaj, Sinae Sung, Dr Lloyd Gruber, Dr Babken Babajanian, Upaasna Kaul, Jeegar Kakkad, Mollie Foust and Madeleine Lee | The LSE Master of Public Administration video shows MPA students, faculty and alumni sharing their experiences of the outstanding interdisciplinary two-year Master of Public Administration degree. Students are taught and equipped with high-level policy analysis skills which are applicable in both the public and private sector in any part of the world.2016-01-0606 min