Nicholas Freeland, Programme Director of RHVP, was invited to be part of the panel to launch The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps in Bruxelles on 17 July 2008. The event was hosted by the European Working Group on Social Protection and Decent Work and was held at the International Press Centre. The First Chronic Poverty Report, published in 2004, highlighted the key processes by which many millions of people are trapped in chronic poverty. This second report, which draws on research carried out over three years, provides a policy response to the first. And for the 320 to 443 million people trapped in chronic poverty, it presents a set of policy solutions, with an emphasis on tackling exclusion, extending social protection and building assets.

The Malawian government has responded to the current food shortage and hunger situation in the country…

Equitable and sustainable structural transformation of African economies is a prerequisite for improving…

A new study, published by REPSSI, HelpaAge International, WorldVision and the Swiss Agency for Development,…

What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their…

Experts say many of the right conditions are in place across West Africa to make cash distributions…