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USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction (PR), the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) co-hosted a two-day conference from November 8-9, 2006 on "Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Perspectives from the Household Level." The purpose of the conference was to advance understanding of the special challenge of poverty reduction in conflict and fragile states.  To access post-conference resources, including sessions summaries, presenter papers and presentations, and more,

An International Conference on Vulnerability, Social Exclusion and the State in the Informal Economy was held in Cape Town, South Africa from March 26-28, 2007.  The conference was hosted by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, and the Isandla Institute and was supported by USAID.