The BWPI is pleased to offer a suite of postgraduate fellowships andscholarships to support PhD programmes starting in the academic year2007/08. These have individual conditions and criteria but in general theresearch to be undertaken can focus on any aspect of poverty analysis thathas both academic and policy relevance. Candidates with disciplinarybackgrounds in any relevant social science subject area are encouraged toapply (anthropology, development studies, economics, geography, planning,politics, sociology). Ideally, research topics should relate to the BWPI'sevolving research plan.

The topics listed below provide an illustration ofareas of work that are of interest to BWPI but potential candidates withother poverty related topics are encouraged to apply:

1. Measuring poverty from income and human development perspectives.
2. Applying different concepts of poverty – what does this tell us?
3. The roles of the state and market in poverty reduction.
4. Why do some poor people stay poor while others escape poverty?
5. Who benefits and who does not from social protection? Why is this the pattern?
6. The theory and practice of empowering poor people.
7. Is economic growth pro-poorest?

It is hoped that the successful candidates will become some of the world's leading poverty researchers and a key influence on global policy.

The successful candidates will be full-time PhD students registered at the BWPI and will receive research training through attendance of appropriate programmes at either the School of Environment & Development (see www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate) or the School of Social Sciences depending upon topic selection (see www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate).

Deadline for receipt of applications is 31 January 2007.

For further information and full details on how to apply please visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi