United Nations Development Programme

International Poverty Centre



Welcome to IPC

The International Poverty Centre (IPC) is a joint project between the United Nations Development Programme and the Brazilian Government to promote South-South Cooperation on applied poverty research. It specializes in analyzing poverty and inequality and offering research-based policy recommendations on how to reduce them. IPC is directly linked to the Poverty Group of the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), which does research for the Brazilian Government. More...

Publications

IPC publications include Working Papers, Policy Research Brief, Poverty In Focus, One Pagers and Country Studies.
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Newest publications

The Unresolved Land Reform Debate: Beyond State-Led or Market-Led Models
Policy Research Brief

The Post-Apartheid Evolution of Earnings Inequality in South Africa, 1995-2004
Working Paper


     


Social Protection - the role of cash transfers: Poverty In Focus

Inequality and the Education MDG for Latin America
One Pager

Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications
Country Study


Forthcoming publications

Old-Age Poverty and Social Pensions in Kenya One Pager

Measuring the Impact of Price Changes on Poverty Working Paper

Are Improving Terms of Trade Helping Reduce Poverty in Africa? One Pager