Russell Sage Foundation president Sheldon Danziger will deliver the keynote address, “After the Great Recession: Poverty, Inequality and Public Policies,” at the Innovative Programmatic and Policy Responses to Poverty conference on August 18, 2014.

One of the leading poverty scholars in the United States, Danziger is also co-editor of the 2014 RSF publication Legacies of the War on Poverty. The book—published on the fiftieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of an unconditional war on poverty—evaluates the success of the anti-poverty programs established during Johnson’s administration, many of which still form the basis of the social safety net in the U.S. today.

Additional panels at the IPPRP conference will focus on economic security and workforce development; social entrepreneurship and social purpose businesses; wealth generation and asset building; innovative policy responses; and innovative funding alternatives such as social impact bonds, funding collaborative and crowdfunding. Click here to read more and to register for the conference.

Click here to download the first chapter of Legacies of the War on Poverty or purchase a copy of the book.