Press Release

International conference on childhood poverty: 8-9 September 2003

The Young Lives Project is holding an international conference entitled Childhood poverty: longitudinal studies for policy making.

The conference will bring together the experience and expertise of the Young Lives team and many others involved in designing, conducting and using longitudinal research for improved understanding of childhood poverty. The first day will have a policy focus, the second will be more research-orientated. Participants may attend part or all of the programme, a provisional version of which is available at at our website.

The conference will be held at the Brunei Gallery at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London WC1 on the 8 and 9 September 2003. Registration is free but places are limited, so anyone interested in attending is advised to book early. Registration forms can be downloaded from the webpage and sent by email to: yl-conference@lshtm.ac.uk, or by post to the address below.

All bookings will be acknowledged.

Young Lives is a unique, international longitudinal study, which is currently taking place in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. The project aims to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world by following the lives of 8,000 children and their families over a 15 year period. The initial three years of the project is funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID). Project partners include academic institutions and Save the Children UK in the four countries, the UK and South Africa. Further information about the project is available at our website or can be obtained by emailing the cantact below.