« Social Statistics, Poverty and Social Exclusion: perspectives from Quebec, Canada and Abroad » Montreal, Canada November 30th to December 2nd, 2011 The main objective of the International conference on Social Statistics, Poverty and Social Exclusion: perspectives from Quebec, Canada and Abroad is to take stock of the state of current research and identify knowledge gaps: How […]

General Seminar, Centre d’études européennes There will be a seminar on the topic of « The Age of Dualization: How Rich Countries  Face Desindustrialization » Tuesday October 4, 2011. The presentation will be given by Bruno Palier, from the Centre d’études européennes. You may find all the information regarding this seminar in the following link.    

The editions « Les liens qui libèrent » and Le Monde Diplomatique publish a French translation of an article by John Kenneth Galbraith « How to get the poor off our conscience », initially published in Harper’s Magazine, November 1985. The book L’Art d’ignorer les pauvres, Ed. Les Liens qui libèrent et Le Monde Diplomatique, 78 pages, also contains […]

The editor’s summary of Branko Milanovic’s The Haves and the Haves-Nots: Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you’ll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why—beyond the idle curiosity—do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic explains […]

Life standards in 2009 A new report was released Tuesday August 30, 2011 by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, on the life standards in France in 2009. You may find more information on this report and download it at this adress. « The Society of Equals » Pierre Rosanvallon, professor at the Collège de […]

A new work by Cécile Lavrard-Meyer, Pauvreté et démocratie au Pérou – Le vote des pauvres depuis la transition démocratique péruvienne Click on the following link (FR) for more information : http://www.iheal.univ-paris3.fr/spip.php?article2914.

The Fondation de France published a report on poverty and isolation. You may found out more about this report at this adress. You may download the summary of the report by clicking here (in French).