Today well over one billion people live in absolute poverty. People in such a state of poverty cannot obtain even their minimum needs—access to food
The Initiative for Policy Dialogue is committed to training the next generation of thinkers on development challenges. Our Education Programs help to provide students of international development with the resources to further their understanding of critical issues of development within the context of globalization.
Working together with our partners at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and the Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy (ISERP), IPD’s interdisciplinary Education Programs bring the insights of economics, political science, law, urban planning, and sociology to the issues at the core of economic and social development policies.