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Hampshire College will be hosting Professor Mukul Kumar from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand in Gujarat, India. Professor Kuar is an expert on rural poverty and economic development and brings years of practical experience in microfinance and natural resource management. His practical experience includes his establishment of a Microfinance and Livelihood Group as well as a Watershed Support Unit at ARAVALI, a non-governmental organization dedicated to rural development in the state of Rajasthan, India.

This workshop attempts to understand the multi-dimensionality of poverty in general, and the institutional practices being adopted in a developing country such as India to counter poverty. This workshop also aims to raise difficult questions about whether the elimination of poverty is possible at all, or whether there is a "normal" proportion of the poor living below the poverty line corresponding to different stages of evolution in the human sciences.

The workshops will be on Wedneday evenings, on October 14th, 21st and 28th from 6:30 - 9:30 in the West Lecture Hall of FPH.

For more information, please contact odSS@hampshire.edu

Readings for First Session (Wednesday, October 14th)




Readings for Second Session (Wednesday, October 21st)