58 Global change
Dr Dagdeviren’s research influences governments and
international organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme.
influence International policy
Our research into poverty and basic services is shaping policies aimed at improving the quality of people’s lives in the developing world.
Universal access to basic services such as health, education, water and electricity is a precondition for human development and poverty alleviation, which is a major element of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Poverty and global access to essential services is a special topic of interest for Dr Hulya Dagdeviren, Reader in Economics at our Business School. Over the last decade she has travelled to different parts of the developing world, exploring the link between poverty and provision of basic services such as water. Her findings point to a crucial mismatch between policies involving privatisation of essential services and human development needs in these economies.
Dr Dagdeviren’s authoritative research influences governments and international development organisations. She has worked closely with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) and the Department for International Development (DfID) and produced policy advisory reports on numerous topics related to development, poverty and public sector reforms. Her insight and knowledge help to inform debate and shape policy in some of the most challenging areas of economic and social development.
The findings of her collaborative work on Redistribution and Growth for Poverty Reduction in 2002 suggested that redistribution of either current
income or the growth increment is more effective in reducing poverty in most developing countries than growth alone. This study has been very influential and became the basis for various policy oriented projects on poverty reduction in Asia and Africa. She worked in Bangladesh, Sudan, Zambia, Ghana and Argentina to investigate the impact on the poor of privatisation, particularly of utilities, and produced analytical frameworks to help formulate development policy. Her most recent report, jointly written with her colleague Dr Robertson, on squatter settlements of sub Saharan Africa contains important lessons for the governments in the region. Here over seventy per cent of the urban population live in unplanned settlements and access to water
through residential connections has declined in the last two decades.
Dr Dagdeviren’s research outputs have been widely published in academic journals and books. International organisations such as the UNDP and the IPC-IG have also used them in the form of policy and advocacy reports and book series to influence national and international public policies. She has delivered lectures and seminars at international conferences and workshops worldwide and been invited to take part in expert reviews and debates by professional and broadcasting institutions, including the BBC, the European Union and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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