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Global Poverty and the Recession
 The second of the ESRC's Global Financial Crisis lecture series was held 19 March 2009, focusing on 'Global Poverty and The Recession'.
Of the six billion people sharing our planet, almost half live under the poverty line of $US2 per day. Though growth predictions vary it is likely that, by 2020, the population will increase by approximately another 1.2 billion, of which some 95 per cent will live in developing countries. Such figures highlight the need to address the issues surrounding global poverty as a priority. Speakers at the lecture included Dr Peter Boone, of the ESRC's Centre for Economic Performance; Professor of Economics, Tony Venables, of the University of Oxford; and Dr J Allister McGregor, Leader of the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. The lecture was chaired by economist and journalist Evan Davis, of BBC Radio Four's Today programme and Dragons Den.
Dr Peter Boone
Dr Peter Boone is Research Associate at the ESRC Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, and Chair of the foreign aid charity Effective Intervention. He emphasises the importance of evaluating aid projects, in order to ensure quality control and efficacy.  Listen to excerpt (MP3)
Dr Allister McGregor
Dr Allister McGregor is Head of Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and former Director of the Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group, University of Bath. He provided an overview of short and long term impacts from the recession on developing countries. Listen to excerpt (MP3)
Professor Tony Venables
Professor Tony Venables is BP Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, and Director of Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies and previously chief economist at the UK Department for International Development and research manager in the World Bank. He looked at the impact of the recession on the African continent. Listen to excerpt (MP3)
Aid, evidence and efficacy
Is monitoring and evaluating aid projects more important than responding rapidly to crises? Peter Boone, Allister McGregor and Tony Venables discuss the most pressing priorities at the ESRC's 'Global poverty and recession' lecture. Listen to excerpt (MP3)
Public Lecture Series
A series of ESRC public lectures are looking at issues such as how recession affects our mental health and happiness, what the impact of recession will be on global poverty, and whether it is a threat or an opportunity for the green economy. Events include:
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