About SDRI

The Social Development Research Initiative (SDRI) was established in 2009 by a group of researchers who recognised that much could be gained from promoting rigorous mixed-methods research in international development. SDRI was set up to coordinate research projects concerned with reducing poverty and enhancing well-being, and to develop and promote innovative approaches to social research in developing countries. Our philosophy combines a concern for reducing poverty and inequality, a recognition of the need for better mixed-methods social research in international development, and the need for this research to inform social and public policy. SDRI is coordinated by Peter Davis, a development sociologist, based in Bath, UK.

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SDRI in the news

Primary Education Stipend scheme needs overhaul, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 24 October 2009

Redesigning of PES stressed, The Independent (Bangladesh), 24 October 2009

Bangladesh: Dowry violence continues unabated, IRIN, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 11 September 2009

Academics to brief new US administration on tackling poverty, eScience News, 20 February 2009

Marriage dowry a major cause of poverty in Bangladesh, Science Daily, 31 October 2008

35m people poor, hungry, says study, The New Nation (Bangladesh), 31 October 2008

New findings on why some households in rural Bangladesh stay poor, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 14 August 2008

NEP reduced ethnic inequalities but economic disparity worsened, The Sun (Malaysia), 24 July 2006