The joint venture of the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the
Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) - The CLACSO-CROP
Programme - has resulted in a substantial body of research based knowledge on
poverty over the years. Most of the results have been published by the programme and
are available by way of open access at the two institution's web sites.
The objective of this seminar, is to share selected conclusions of the research based
material on poverty and poverty related issues with faculty and students at the University
of Tromsø, and other research institutions in the region as well members of NGO's and
the general public. In this way, the organizing institutions jointly foment research and
knowledge on Latin America in general, and on poverty in particular.
 

Presentations include:

"Critical consciousness and the poor: Indigenous leaders on the causes of poverty in
Guatemala", Georges Midré, University of Tromsø, Norway
 
"Poverty and Inequality in Latin America", Alberto D. Cimadamore, University of
Buenos Aires/CLACSO-CROP, Argentina
 
"Scrambling for welfare in Central America: Towards More State, Stronger Markets and
Less Family", Juliana Martinez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
 
"The Ambiguous Role of Religions in Poverty Eradication in Latin America", Hans Egil
Offerdal, CROP/CLACSO-CROP, Norway/Mexico