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This event is co-hosted by the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
Monitoring Global Poverty, the report of the Commission on Global Poverty chaired by Sir Tony Atkinson, will be launched on Friday 4 November at the Oxford Martin School. The Commission was set up by the World Bank’s Chief Economist to advise the World Bank on “how to measure and monitor global poverty” in monetary and non-monetary domains.
Tony Atkinson will present the Report and its Recommendations, while Panelists will draw out points of mention.
Programme:
Panel 1 (3 - 4.30pm)
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Professor Sabina Alkire, Director, OPHI, Member of the Commission
Professor Robert Allen, Professor of Economic History, Nuffield College, Member of the Commission
Professor Sir Tony Atkinson, Lead Investigator, INET Oxford, Chair of the Commission
Professor James Foster, Oliver T Carr Professor, George Washington University, Member of the Commission
Natalie Quinn, Career Development Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
Achim Steiner, Director, Oxford Martin School (Chair)
Tea break
Panel 2 (5 - 6.15pm)
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Mihika Chatterjee, Doctoral Candidate, Green Templeton College
Professor Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Member of the Commission
Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor, Oxfam GB
Dean Jolliffe, Senior Economist, World Bank
Denise Lievesley, Principal, Green Templeton College (Chair)
Drinks reception
This event is open to all
About the Atkinson Commission
The World Bank released the Atkinson Commission Report entitled Monitoring Global Poverty and their response on 18 October 2016. See the complete website here.
The Cover Note to the report by World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer, Ana Revenga Senior Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice and Francisco H. G. Ferreira Senior Advisor, Development Research Group is available here.