The ADAPTED Final Conference "Eradicating Poverty: Pathways towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 25 to 28 November 2024.
The overarching goal of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to end poverty in all its forms (SDG 1). This forms the foundation for ADAPTED's research agenda. It is vital to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that drive poverty reduction, given that the progress towards fighting poverty is still not satisfactory, not least in sub-Saharan Africa. Against this background, the research projects of the 15 ADAPTED early career researchers focus on three key areas: the validation of pathways towards poverty eradication; interactions between poverty reduction and other policy areas; and ways to optimize the impact of poverty reduction policies. As a partnership of five European universities, seven African partner universities and prominent European development organizations and think tanks, ADAPTED addresses a significant gap in our understanding of the factors influencing poverty reduction. This is achieved by integrating different academic disciplines and incorporating the realities of countries in the Global South into poverty reduction approaches, representing a significant departure from the conventional discourse on the factors influencing poverty reduction. The prevailing view acknowledges the potential of economic growth, social protection schemes, minimum wages and governance conditions in reducing poverty. However, the discourse often remains within disciplinary silos and does not consider the structural differences between high-income and low- or middle-income countries. This creates a significant knowledge gap in understanding the determinants of poverty reduction, which ADAPTED aims to address.
Results of the research activities, implemented between 2021 and 2024 will be discussed during the ADAPTED Final Conference held in November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Researchers and practitioners working in related fields are invited to attend the SDG Forum on 26 November and/or the dissemination day on 28 November 2024.
Please note the following: Zoom links for the Workshops 2 and 3 on Tuesday, November 26, have changed. The new Zoom link to join Workshop 2 is: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/62318494911?pwd=8PlbkQ2v5SAwd4jfs4MTjqz2uQFDEr.1. The new Zoom link for Workshop 3 is: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/69791801262?pwd=oYD6Nztb6D7zhxsbPbz9aarJUcuZk3.1. The Zoom link for Workshop 1 as stated in the programme below remains valid.
For further details, please refer to the programme of the SDG Forum, held on 26 November 2024 (online participation possible) and the programme of the Dissemination Day, held on 28 November 2024.
The ADAPTED partners are looking forward to an interesting exchange!