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Welcome to The 5^th International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development (ICPSD 2018)

Welcome to the 5^th International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development 2018 (ICPSD 2018) which is scheduled to be held from 6^th and 7^th December 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ICPSD 2018 aims to bring together current research on poverty, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of poverty alleviation with an international perspective and provides you the opportunity to share your thoughts, exchange ideas, listen to renowned keynote speakers, extend your network and jointly explore current and future research directions.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The elimination of a social issue is vastly possible only with the active participation of people and the possession of knowledge in the subject matter. The 5^th International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development (ICPSD 2018) is believed to act as that platform which will serve as the bridge for knowledge transfer thus creating awareness among its stakeholders contributing to a guaranteed future witnessing sustainable development.

Important dates

Abstract submission deadline
06^th August 2018
Early Bird Registration deadline
06^th September 2018
Final registration deadline
08^th October 2018
Post conference tour
08^th December 2018

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Refugees and Poverty
Governance and Poverty
Secularism and Poverty
GMO,LMO and Poverty
Technological Advances and Poverty
Cashless Society and Poverty Implications
Poverty Eradication Success Stories
Poverty Eradication Disasters
Immigrants and Poverty
Contribution of Immigrant labor to Poverty Eradication
GDP and Poverty

Sufficiency Economics and Poverty
National Happiness Index and Poverty
Circular Economics and Poverty
Poverty Growth and Inequality
Poverty Reduction Strategies
Poverty Monitoring
Poverty and Social Impacts
Culture and Poverty
Education and Poverty
Poverty Measurement and Analysis

CONFERENCE CHAIR AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poverty and Sustainable Development Conference

Prof. Sarath Kotagama

Conference Co-Chairman
Professor of Environmental Science,
Department of Zoology,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Peter Abrahamson

Conference Co – Chairman
Sociology at University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Dr. Robert L Hawkins

Conference Keynote Speaker
Assistant Dean & McSilver Endowed Chair in
Poverty Studies
New York University Silver School of Social Work
United States

PARTNERS

Academic Partner

Center for Sustainability, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Academic Partner

Yale Global Justice Program

Strategic Partner

Organization for Social Development Initiatives (OSDI)

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted abstracts for 5th International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development 2018 (ICPSD 2018) will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN 978-955-4903-80-7. All full papers will be reviewed through a double blind reviewing process and published electronically with an ISSN 2386 – 1215 number in the proceedings with a DOI Number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).