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Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel, ‘More Than Good Intentions’

2012-06-27 By ASAP Global

In their new book More Than Good Intentions, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel explore the power of experimental design to reveal more effective ways to address aspects of global poverty.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Dean Karlan, Jacob Appel

Thomas Pogge talking about the Health Impact Fund in the TEDx event in Canberra

2012-06-27 By ASAP Global

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Project: Health Impact Fund, Theme: Global Health, Thomas Pogge

Thomas Pogge and Gilad Tanay of ASAP deliver TEDx talks at Yale

2012-06-27 By ASAP Global

ASAP president Thomas Pogge spoke at TEDx Yale on the connection between market incentives and poverty alleviation:

Board member Gilad Tanay spoke at the same TEDx event discussing the ethics of being born in an unfair world:

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Gilad Tanay, Thomas Pogge

ASAP Forms Global Student Advisory Board

2012-06-27 By ASAP Global

Undergraduate students in India, the UK and United States will form the core of ASAP’s Global Student Advisory Board. The board is designed as a means of helping students share their insights and energies alongside their ASAP-member instructors, especially in helping ASAP achieve its impact aims for addressing severe poverty.

Inaugural members are Kuldeep Thakre of Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi; Zachary Foreman of Yale University, and Joshua Lindsey-Turner of the University of Birmingham.

Major Student Advisory Board initiatives for 2012 include developing an ongoing ASAP internship program, opening formal ASAP student chapters at several universities, and developing a student-led project in Delhi aimed at helping disadvantaged persons gain better access to their government-sponsored entitlements.

For more information, contact Luis Cabrera at a.l.cabrera@bham.ac.uk.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Chapter: India, Chapter: UK, Chapter: US

Global Poverty Project Trailer

2012-06-27 By ASAP Global

The concept behind the Global Poverty Project. Catalyzing the movement to end extreme poverty. Come and see a presentation from July 4 onwards.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Global Poverty Project

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Established in 2010, Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) is an international community of academics confronting the rules and practices that perpetuate global poverty. Our evidence-based approach provides:

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