Poverty
Food and Thought
A look at ideas that are addressing major food-related problems: A potential breakthrough on peanut allergies. Learn more about how Basar Bilgicer, associate professor of...
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Fueling Success
More than 13 million children live in hunger in the U.S., according to government estimates, with many relying on federal nutrition programs, including school-based breakfast,...
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Global Inequality with Ben Phillips of the Fight Inequality Alliance
Episode three features Ben Phillips, co-founder of the Fight Inequality Alliance, who was on campus throughout the spring semester as a Hewlett Fellow for Public Policy at...
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The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen with Scott Paul of Oxfam America
Episode one features Scott Paul, the humanitarian policy lead at Oxfam America, who was on campus for an event organized by NDIGD titled: “Hope for Yemen: Ending the World’s...
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U.S. Leadership in Global Health and Humanitarian Response with Admiral Tim Ziemer of USAID
Episode two features Admiral Tim Ziemer, the acting assistant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) at the United States...
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The Option for the Poor and Christian Theology
Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., professor emertus of theology at the University of Notre Dame, is well known as the one of the foundational thinkers of liberation theology. In this...
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Bridge Across the Continents in Fellowship with the Poor
Keynote Speaker Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar talks on the topic of “Bridge Across the Continents in Fellowship with the Poor”. This keynote...
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Challenges to Poverty Eradication in the 21st Century: Insights from Catholic Social Thought
Professor Charles Clark was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Catholic Social Tradition conference, sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. The...
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U.S. Poverty Numbers Continue to Decline, Researchers Find
A more accurate measure of the poverty rate, based on how much people consume, highlights the dramatic decline in poverty over the past four decades, a fact that is missed by the...
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Forum 17-18: Global Citizenship for Human Development: A Conversation with Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus, a social entrepreneur, banker and economist from Bangladesh who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts...
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When is Poverty a Virtue and Wealth a Vice
Keynote address given by Bishop Godfrey Onah (Diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria) at the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference titled “When is Poverty a Virtue and Wealth a Vice? The Struggle...
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Fighting to End Poverty
In Dandora, Kenya, a sprawling neighborhood in Nairobi, housing for 250,000 people is built around the city’s largest dumpsite. Life near a large trash heap exposes the...
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