Workshop on Understanding the Tipping Point of Urban Conflict: Violence, Cities and Poverty Reduction in the Developing World

The Institute for Human Development in collaboration with the University of Manchester organised a workshop on ‘Understanding the Tipping Point of Urban Conflict: Violence, Cities, and Poverty Reduction in the Developing World’ on 24 February, 2012 to discuss the main findings of the Patna Study. There was a select group of about 50 experts drawn from various fields ranging from government, civil society, policy think tanks, media and academia to participate in this workshop. The study was on urban conflict and the factors that cause it to ‘tip’ into violence. This study was focused on four cities in Asia (Patna, India and Dilli, Timor Leste), Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) and Latin America (Santiago, Chile) which has been associated with one or two factors conventionally linked with urban violence. The aim of the study was to understand various factors that may cause conflict to tip over to generalized violence. The project was sponsored by the Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council.

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