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News
Wed 23 Apr 2008
Financial Inclusion: Action Research and Knowledge Exchange Review
SPIU has been commissioned by the Friends Provident Foundation to undertake an Action Research and Knowledge Exchange Review in relation to financial exclusion in Britain. This innovative project involves collaborative inquiry with stakeholders in a series of evidence review forums. Participants' critical reflections on existing knowledge, commentary and policy measures in response to financial exclusion will then be re-examined at a deliberative conference. The project will improve dialogue between researchers , policy-makers, practitioners and financially marginalised groups and will establish an agreed knowledge baseline to inform future research and practice.
Scottish Poverty Information Unit
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Mission statement
The Scottish Poverty Information Unit believes that poverty is caused by the unequal distribution of opportunities and resources rather than the lack of resources in society. SPIU aims to assist those committed to eradicating poverty in Scotland through robust policy analysis, quality research and widespread dissemination of poverty information. SPIU seeks to work in partnership with others towards the goal of reducing poverty and extending social justice in 21st Century Scotland.
Thematic priorities
SPIU has six thematic priorities, three of which focus on the nature of poverty as a whole, and three of which focus on key dimensions of poverty. These are:
- Understanding poverty, inequality and social justice
- Analysing policy on poverty and social inclusion
- Measuring poverty
- Poverty, work and training
- Poverty, community and place
- Poverty as a social problem
The Unit carries out a number of activities including:
- Research
- Consultancy
- Evaluation
- Publication
- Presentation
- Debate
- University teaching
- Advisory work
- Knowledge transfer