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Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prizewinner and former head of the World Bank, will launch a centre of multidisciplinary research into global poverty and poverty reduction at Manchester 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ next week.

Professor Stiglitz begins work as chair of the Brooks World Poverty Institute with an inaugural lecture on Wednesday. This is followed by a two-day conference focusing on the recent World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong and on their impact on economic development and poverty reduction across the globe.