Brooks World Poverty Institute
Encyclopedia
The Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) is a research centre connected to the University of Manchester
dedicated to multidisciplinary research on poverty
, inequality
and growth. It was created in 2005 following the donation of £1.3 million to the university by the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation, comprising one of the largest known gifts to fund poverty research in Europe. This has been augmented by funding from the University of Manchester. Professor Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist of the World Bank
, chairs BWPI's research.
BWPI provides research funding to a number of PhD and post-doctoral students as well as employing 4 established academic staff working on aspects of poverty. It organises research around five major themes:
Poverty Concepts and Poverty Knowledge
Methodological Development
Poverty Dynamics and Growth
Social Policy, Social Protection and Public Economics
Institutions and Governance
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
dedicated to multidisciplinary research on poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
, inequality
Inequality
In mathematics, an inequality is a statement how the relative size or order of two objects, or about whether they are the same or not .*The notation a b means that a is greater than b....
and growth. It was created in 2005 following the donation of £1.3 million to the university by the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation, comprising one of the largest known gifts to fund poverty research in Europe. This has been augmented by funding from the University of Manchester. Professor Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist of the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, chairs BWPI's research.
BWPI provides research funding to a number of PhD and post-doctoral students as well as employing 4 established academic staff working on aspects of poverty. It organises research around five major themes:
Poverty Concepts and Poverty Knowledge
Methodological Development
Poverty Dynamics and Growth
Social Policy, Social Protection and Public Economics
Institutions and Governance