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Poverty Stoplight: Customizing Family Poverty Elimination Plans

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Session Description

The Poverty Stoplight is a measuring tool and practical methodology for poor families to self-diagnose their levels of multidimensional poverty as a first step in developing personalized strategies to overcome deprivations. Using stoplight colors, photos, tablets, and simple software, innovative maps are created to develop individual and community solutions.

Time & Location

Time:
11:45 - 13:00, Thursday, April 10, 2014 BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar 8
Speakers
  • Speaker
    Founder & Executive Director, Fundación Paraguaya
    Dr. Martín Burt is a world-renowned social entrepreneur who has developed anti-poverty and educational social innovations that are currently being implemented worldwide. He is founder (1985) and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a social enterprise named Latin America’s most impactful and innovative development organization in 2018 by the IADB. Dr. Burt is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum. He has also served as Chief of Staff to the President of Paraguay, was elected Mayor of Asunción, and was appointed Vice Minister of Commerce. His latest book “Paraguay without Poverty” was published in November 2023. He has received several international awards. He holds a PhD from Tulane University and is Lecturer & Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Research Associate at University of California, Irvine, and Professor, Master’s Program in Microfinance, at Universidad de Alcalá.