National Academies report identifies ways to reduce intergenerational poverty in US
UC Irvine Distinguished Professor chairs committee recommending programs, policies
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Covid-19 causes challenges for years-in-the-making study on babies and poverty
The Washington Post, July 11, 2020
China’s poverty-shaming social assistance system and the urgent need for reform
SupChina, April 30, 2020
Child poverty could be cut in half with proposals by UCI-led national panel
Committee provides a menu of work-oriented and income support programs
Breaking down poverty
The key, visiting scholar Martín Burt says, is to take the focus off of income
UCI to host Conference on Poverty & Inequality in California
EVENT: University of California, Irvine faculty members and community leaders from across the state will gather on campus for the Conference on Poverty & Inequality in California. They’ll discuss some of today’s most compelling issues: the persistence of childhood poverty, the growing inequality gap, and the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs. WHEN/WHERE: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, […]
UCI launches research institute devoted to effectiveness of antipoverty programs
Studies will explore long-term success of policies promoting economic self-sufficiency
Probing poverty
In UCI appearance, award-winning writer Katherine Boo discusses hope, heartbreak in slums of Mumbai
Pulitzer-winning journalist Katherine Boo to discuss poverty, India at UCI
EVENT: Author and investigative journalist Katherine Boo, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine, will visit the University of California, Irvine to discuss urban and global poverty, India and other topics. WHEN/WHERE: Feb. 2-4 at various locations on the UCI campus HIGHLIGHTS: Tuesday, Feb. 2 Wednesday, Feb. 3 Thursday, Feb. 4 INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact […]
Tackling poverty to fight terrorism
Alumnus uses skills learned at UCI in overseeing nonprofit’s education efforts in rural Africa