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People in chronic poverty are those who have benefited least from economic growth and development. They will make up the majority of the 900 million people who will still be in poverty in 2015, even if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are met. Chronically poor people are those who experience deprivation over many years, often over their entire lives, and who sometimes pass poverty on to their children. Being chronically poor doesnt just mean being very poor or having a very low income. It also means not having the basic food, safe water, health or education required to take up the opportunities provided by economic growth. Chronically poor people need targeted support – such as social assistance and social protection – within a framework that prioritises livelihood security, putting them in a postion to take up opportunities. And this requires transfers of real resources and sustained predictable finance. Read more about chronic poverty on our Chronic Poverty 2004-05 report and Chronic Poverty Updates page ... |
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"The
chronically poor are those who are last in the queue to benefit from development;
last in the queue to benefit from the Millennium Development Goals."
Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development, Chronic
Poverty report launch, May 2004
What is chronic poverty? Visit our report and updates download pages
| Putting chronic poverty on the agenda |
Between 2000 and 2005, Development Initiatives worked in partnership with the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) to raise awareness of the concept of chronic poverty and to build a constituency interested in effective strategies for poverty reduction.
In 2004, we managed the launch of the first Chronic Poverty report and the linked DFID international seminar, Making Development Work for the Poorest. More ...
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer (UK) at the, Chronic Poverty 2004-05 report launch. Photo ©Sion Touhig
Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International Develoment (Norway) (left) and Judith Randel (right) at the Chronic Poverty 2004-05 report launch
| Keeping chronic poverty at the centre of policy and action |
In conjunction with HelpAge International, Development Initiatives aims to help raise awareness of both chronic poverty research and the need for a global strategy beyond 2015 for the elimination of poverty by 2025.
Working together under the umbrella of the Chronic Poverty Engagement Partnership (CPEP), we focus on policy analysis, alliance-building and lobbying with the aim of promoting actions and policies that ensure greater focus on the poorest.
CPEP is an independent initiative, linked to the CPRC.
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