as cash transfers, child benefits, old age pensions and credits. The world of work – examining global value chains and working conditions and work with companies, workers and governments to make recommendation on improving those conditions. The Brooks World Poverty Institute is also home to the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre and the International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa. The Director of the Institute was Professor David Hulme, who praised the work of countries like Brazil, India and China tackling poverty and reducing inequality in their countries on October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Professor Rorden Wilkinson was a research director of the Institute from 2010-2014. He led the global governance theme and organised and convened the 2011 Johannesburg Global Poverty Summit. As of February 2016 the Brooks World Poverty Institute joined with the Institute for Development Policy and Management to form the Global Development Institute. The GDI is the largest development focused teaching and research institute in Europe and emphasises the University’s commitment to addressing global inequalities. Notes Further reading David Alexander Clark (editor), Adaptation, Poverty and Development. The Dynamics of Subjective Well-being (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) Research on poverty Departments of the University of Manchester