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Economics/Geography: Global Poverty – Economic Growth & The Role of Policy Makers With Professor Maren Duvendack From University of East Anglia
25th April 2024 @ 09:05 - 09:50
People are living longer, happier and healthier lives than ever before. We have made tremendous headway with improving people’s lives, the last few decades have seen rampant inclusive economic growth but poverty has been pervasive in many countries across the globe. The question is why? In this day and age with rising food prices and energy costs, geopolitical challenges such as the crisis in Gaza, and war in Sudan, the gap between the rich and the poor seems to widen with rising inequalities.
In this session we will discuss these challenges and take a closer look at the empirical evidence documenting long term economic growth. We will also touch on income inequalities and discuss the role policymakers can play by putting appropriate social policies in place to tackle poverty and inequality.
Lecturer Profile: Maren Duvendack is Professor of Evaluation in Economics at UEA who has worked in South Asia and in East Africa assessing the effectiveness of a range of programmes, e.g. microfinance, women’s empowerment, education and family planning.
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. This means that sessions will continue irrespective of possible school closures.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Year 12 & 13 students (and equivalent) studying Economics and Geography. It will also be relevant for Politics, Sociology and students with a more general interest in this topic.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the topic in advance, with respect to challenges they may face or questions they have. Students can also think about questions they have about studying at university level.
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