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The Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID) was established on March 23, 2010 as a university-wide research institution, but its foundational roots are based on the restructured expansion of the Institute of Regional Studies and Development (IRSD), which has been in operation since 1990. The goal of IPAID is to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable international development, particularly in developing and less developed countries, through various domestic and international collaborations and comprehensive research on regional and global poverty reduction around the world.
Approximately 1.7 billion people globally live in absolute poverty meaning they lack the ability to afford basic human necessities such as clean water, safe shelter, food, and clothing. Definitions of the poverty line may vary considerably among nations, but the common international poverty line is $1.25 per day at 2005 purchasing-power parity.
All United Nations member states and many international organizations have agreed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the MDGs include: reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS, and developing a global partnership for development. However, progress has been uneven and slow in realizing these objectives, and much more work remains to be done to fully achieve the MDGs before the end of the decade.
Although poverty alleviation is a huge and complex matter, IPAID plans to meet these challenges through the following major activities: (1) research on domestic, regional, and global poverty; (2) domestic and international conferences and meetings for poverty alleviation and sustainable international development; (3) publication of journals on poverty and development in English and Korean; (4) publication of a book series on poverty in English and Korean; (5) circulation of the newsletters; (6) exchanges and collaborations of domestic and international organizations on poverty; (7) building domestic, regional, and global networks; (8) the development and operation of the human resource development programs; (9) the development and operation of the poverty reduction programs; and (10) other related matters.
We are eager to cooperate with domestic, regional, and global partners and look forward to working with you. Many thanks.
