This section of the website contains information from the ESRC funded Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group from 2002 to 2008 and is no longer updated. For more recent information see the new website.

This research group at the University of Bath is dedicated to the study of poverty, inequality and the quality of life in developing countries. The purpose of its current research programme is to develop a coherent conceptual and methodological framework for understanding the social and cultural construction of wellbeing in specific developing societies. The conceptual framework and methodology is being developed and tested in detailed studies with collaborating research organisations in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Peru and Thailand.

"Wellbeing and Development in Peru" book now published, Editor James Copestake Wellbeing in Developing Countries: From Theory to Research. Book published by Cambridge University Press	Sarah White convened a session 'Wellbeing and Development Policy and Practice in the 21st Century' at the DSA Conference on 8 November 2008. See Abstracts
Wellbeing:Challenges to International Development lunchtime seminar at the Palace of Westminster, Thursday 21 February 2008. See Press Release and Policy Briefings	WeD Conference 28-30 June 2007 - Wellbeing in International Development - Abstracts and papers

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