2010/2011 Fellowship Program fellows

Nelli Gasparyan is initiating a project entitled ‘Poverty and Growth Dynamics in Armenia’. This project will address the dynamics of poverty in Armenia and its causes. This research will examine poverty over time and across regions. Furthermore, it will assess the underlying causes of, and the government’s social programs aimed at combating poverty. The research hypothesis presented is that different groups and regions of Armenia are disparately affected by economic growth and by social programs implemented by the government and international organizations.