Bristol Poverty Institute

This two-day Conference brought together world-renowned scholars as well as academics at all career stages, specialists and activists to explore how the pandemic impacted different dimensions of poverty and how different expertise, approaches, and perspectives can be combined to help improve the lives of those suffering from poverty. 

Day 2, Wednesday 6 June 2024 (online)

Session 1 - Asia and Oceania

• Webinar Recording: Session 1 - Asia and Oceania

Presentations

Professor Maggie Lau (劉嘉慧), Lignan University 

• - Children poverty and well-being in Hong Kong (PDF, 1,710kB)

Dr Viliami Fifita, World Bank 

• Poverty in the Pacific Island Countries (PDF, 549kB)

Professor Aya Abe (阿部 彩), Tokyo Metropolitan University 

• Are we getting closer to consensus (PDF, 869kB)

Dr Qiujie Shi, University of Bristol 

• Multiple vulnerabilities (PDF, 614kB)

 

Session 2 - Europe

• Webinar Recording: Session 2 - Europe

Presentations

Dr Alba Lanau, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 

• First the children then the employed (PDF, 990kB)

Dr Anne-Catherine Guio, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

• Access for children in need to the key services covered by the European Child (PDF, 396kB)

Ms Amy Raub, WORLD Policy Center, UCLA 

• Covid19, gender and caregiving (PDF, 3,172kB)

 

Session 3 - Africa

• Webinar Recording: Session 3 - Africa

Presentations

Dr Nkechi S. Owoo, University of Ghana

• Spatial and Regression Analyses of Climate Shocks and Household Food Insecurity (PDF, 515kB)

Professor Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town 

• Inequality and poverty through the prism of a pandemic Covid19 in South Africa (PDF, 6,673kB)

Dr Cynthia Fonta, University of Bristol 

• A cross comparative analysis of child poverty across sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 1,437kB)

 

Session 4 - Americas

• Webinar Recording: Session 4 - Americas

Presentations

Dr Héctor Nájera on behalf of Professor Fernando Cortés, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 

• Poverty during the Covid19 pandemic (PDF, 557kB)

 

Dr Flávia Uchôa de Oliveira, Universidade Federal Fluminense

• Flavia (PDF, 3,412kB)