Welcome to the United Nations
15 - 17 September 2010
United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Development and NEPAD Division
Aide-Mémoire
Agenda
List of Participants
Main Conclusions and Recommendations
In the News
- Poverty eradication efforts take center-stage at meeting of experts, 15 September 2010 - African Press Orgization, 15 September 2010
Documents
Papers and Presentations
Yusuf Bangura [Paper]
Research Coordinator, UNSRID, Geneva, Switzerland
"The politics of Poverty Reduction"
Admos O. Chimhowu [Paper]
Lecturer, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management, UK
"Chronic Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa Achievements, Problems and Prospects"
Catherine Ferguson [Paper]
Coalition Coordinator, UNANIMA International
Chair, NGO Committee for Social Development, New York, NY, USA
"NGOs, Global crises, and poverty eradication efforts"
Augustin Kwasi Fosu [Paper][Background paper]
Deputy-Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland
Paper:"Africa's Poverty Reduction in the Global Context: Implications of Growth and Inequality"
Background paper: "Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence"
Duncan Green [Paper]
Head of Research, Oxfam House, Oxford, UK
Presentation: "Resilience to Crisis: What have we learned?"
Paper: "Resilience to Crisis: What have we learned?"
background paper:
The global economic crisis and developing countries
Roxana Maurizio [Paper]
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento and CONICET, Argentina
"The role of social policy in eradicating poverty: the Latin American experience"
Julian May [Paper]
Professor, School of Development Studies, Howard College,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, DURBAN, South Africa
"Poverty Eradication: The South African Experience"
Dr. Santosh Nandal [Paper]
Professor, Department of Economics, Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak, India
"Gender dimensions of the global crisis and their impact on poverty"
Fred T. Neto [Paper]
Director, Social Development Division, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
"Poverty in Western Asia: some social considerations"
Naomi Ngwira [Paper]
Economist, Institute for Policy Research and Analysis for Dialogue, Malawi
"Gender and Poverty Reduction in Malawi"
Humphrey Polepole [Paper]
Director, Tanzanian Youth Coalition (TYC), Tanzania
"Accelerating progress: Addressing the special situation of young people"
Ou Qingping[Presentation]
Director, Training Center of the State Council Office of Poverty Alleviation, Beijing
"Rural Poverty Reduction in China"
Dr. Abebe Shimeles [background Paper] [presentation]
Principal Research Economist, African Development Bank, Tunisia
“Financing Goal 1 of the MDGs in Africa: some evidence from cross-country data”
"Beyond MDGs: an African perspective"
Dr. James Vanus [Paper]
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
"Poverty eradication, Small Island States: Lessons from the Caribbean Experience"
Sajjad Zohir [ Draft Presentation]
Director, Economic Research Group
"Journey towards the elusive poverty reduction : selected lessons from South Asia"