Dr Keetie Roelen is a Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Centre for Social Protection. She is a development economist by training and current research interests include the dynamics of (child) poverty, social protection and the linkages between child protection and social protection.
Keetie has worked with many international organisations such as UNICEF, FAO and Concern Worldwide, performing research and policy advice work in South East Asia, Southern and Eastern Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. She has quantitative and qualitative research skills and has designed and delivered lectures and training courses for Masters students, professionals, practitioners and policy makers. Her work has been published in the form of peer-reviewed journal publications and book chapters, working papers and project reports.
Escaping the poverty trap requires more than a cash lump sum
Apr 05, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a recent TV series, three families were given 26,000 the maximum amount a person is entitled to receive in benefits in a year as a lump sum in exchange for giving up welfare. The experiment on Channel 5s The Great...
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