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Links to interesting websites related to poverty



Chronic Poverty Research Center

International partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs, dedicated at studying the causes of chronic poverty, and providing analysis and policy guidance on the reduction of chronic poverty.
 
EU Social Protection Committee

EU body that provides a framework for national strategy development, as well as for coordinating policies between EU countries on issues relating to poverty and social exclusion, health care and long-term care as well as pensions.
 
EU Poverty and social exclusion

Platform of the EU2020 strategy to combat poverty and social exclusion.

Eurochild

A network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe to improve the quality of life of children and young people.

OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD-DAC)

OECD body that promotes economic growth that benefits poor people, focusing on both the pace and pattern of growth.

OECD Better Life Index

A tool proposed by the OECD that enables users to create a multidimensional index of wellbeing for their country by choosing the categories and weights that reflect their view of what makes a "better life".

Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs

The OECD Directorate for Employment Labour and Social Affairs is aimed at helping economies to formulate policies to boost employment and improve social welfare.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an endowed charity that funds a large, UK-wide research and development programme. They seek to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice.

Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research

Multidisciplinary inter-university research center dedicated at understanding the root-causes of poverty and producing practical policy solutions for the alleviation of poverty.

King Baudouin Foundation

Independent Belgian public benefit foundation active at the regional, federal and international level. They undertake research and carry out missions at the request of government bodies and institutions and formulate own recommendations.

 
Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy

The Centre for Social Policy Herman Deleeck (CSB) has been studying social inequality and wealth distribution in the welfare state for over 30 years. Their research is empirical and multidisciplinary in nature. 




The PoRESP Blog

The PoRESP blog aims at providing information on scientific events, scientific papers and news on poverty related topics.

 

"Le peuple des pauvres"
Jean-François Favre, 2008