Our Mission

• Monitoring trends in poverty and inequality and providing scholars, teachers, students, journalists, and others with easy access to customizable trend data
• Supporting innovative research and science-based approaches to understanding poverty and inequality
• Developing bold policy on poverty and inequality
• Training the next generation of scholars, policy analysts, and politicians
• Disseminating data, research, and policy analysis

Introducing Pathways!

Our new policy magazine, Pathways, is now available.
 

Work, Poverty, and Inequality

Check out our
RC28 Summer Conference.
August 6 - 9

Controversies

Is Microlending
the Answer?
Eric Weaver
Tracey P. Turner
May 13    2:15-3:30pm
Stanford: Building 260,
Room 113
 

Controversies

Does Philanthropy
Shortchange
the Poor?
Robert Reich
Kenneth Prewitt
May 22    2:15-3:30pm
Stanford: Building 260,
Room 113