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 and training. It specializes in analyzing poverty and inequality and offering research-based policy recommendations on how to reduce them. IPC is directly linked to the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), which does research for the Brazilian Ministry of Strategic Affairs, and the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP. More...

Publications

IPC publications include Working Papers, Policy Research Briefs, issues of Poverty In Focus magazine, One Pagers and Country Studies.
All publications, by Country and Region and by Thematic Area.

Newest publications
Eliminating Gender Inequalities Reduces Poverty. How? One Pager Opportunity NYC: a Performance-Based conditional Cash Transfer Programme. A Qualitative Analysis Working Paper
	Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – The Policy Challenge Poverty In Focus Banking the Un-Banked: Improving Access to Financial Services Policy Research Brief An Empirical Test of the Poverty Traps Hypothesis Technical Paper

Towards an Employment-centred Development Strategy for Poverty Reduction in The Gambia: Macroeconomic and Labour Market Aspects
Country Study

Recent Publications in Spanish, Portuguese and French

O Acesso Eqüitativo a Serviços Financeiros: São Suficientes os Microfinanciamentos?
One Pager

Accès équitable aux services financiers : la microfinance suffit-elle ?
One Pager

Acceso equitativo a servicios financieros: ¿La microfinanciación es suficiente?
One Pager

Qu’entendons-nous par "féminisation de la pauvreté" ?
One Pager