Overview

The Sociology Unit of the Department of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies is pleased to announce it will be holding a Conference on Poverty on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st  October ,2011 at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Auditorium.

 

The conference provides a space for discussion, dialogue and recommendations on issues of poverty, from perspectives that include its alleviation and eradication.

 

In order to facilitate numerous voices in this most needed conversation the conference has been developed around the invitation of different expert speakers on poverty from various fields including - academia, banking, social development, government, NGOs, media and business. Drawing speakers from these public and private sectors, representatives of international and regional Universities as well as key agencies both locally and regionally, we believe is a timely and needed intervention in a world experiencing increased economic inequalities.

 

A publication committee will select and bring together many of the presentations in a final collection to be sent to UWI Press.

 

The title of the conference, “Encouraging Productivity and Poverty Alleviation through the financing of Micro-entrepreneurs” underscores the dynamic intervention expected from participants from various points of view on the continuum.

 

The themes for papers and presenters include but are not limited to:

  • Poverty and the Economy
  • Micro-finance and Micro-entrepreneurs
  • Social Structure and Poverty
  • Absolute and Relative Poverty in a status driven environment
  • Producing to get out of poverty
  • Health care and Poverty
  • Class, Pluralism and Ethnicity in Explanations of Poverty
  • An assessment of Business development Services and Poverty Alleviation
  • Meeting the Millennium Business Goal of Poverty Eradication

Method of Selection for Publication and Notice to Presenters

  • The Committee will review all submissions and make a final selection for publication.
  • Selection for publication will be based on criteria such as relevance to the debates on poverty, applicability to the Caribbean region and the paper’s potential for furthering debates on poverty alleviation.
  • Presenters invited to the Conference will be provided with all audio and visual equipment needed.

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