Majority of the poor lives in South Asia earning less than 1.50$ per day and India itself is a home to one Billion poor that lives below the poverty line. It is also evident that 10% of India’s population are richer and top it all 10 top world’s rich persons are from India. Why this disparity? Why so many people are poor in this region. Do you have an answer to this question? Have you ever thought what you can do to change this situation? Many of us have this conception that Government is not doing anything for the up-liftment of the poor; however, this is also not true.

This is the area we intervene and we try to influence Policy makers, help them to make policy works for the poor with a focus on human development with social gender justice. We are the knowledge driven, policy oriented research and advocacy resource centre that aims at strengthening the capabilities of a range of stakeholders across its core strength and expertise on trade, climate, human development and public health policies. Our Centre aims to act as a bridge between the poor and the national and global policy making. We conduct research on complex legal, economic and scientific issues and share the information through highly valued publications and capacity exercise such as training modules and sensitization workshops, seminars and consultations.

Our work areas

Our organization was launched in the year 2005 by Oxfam GB, an International Philanthropic organization works in hundred countries with an aim to build a well known research institution in South Asia. Centad’s programmes are divided into project based research activities and make an attempt to connect grass root experiences on national, regional, global policy issues. It also engages and interacts with key policy makers and other stakeholders to stimulate policy changes in the existing system by way of advocacy and lobbying. We also organize regularly seminars, workshops and conferences consistent with national and global policy issues. Our core programme areas are as follows:

1. Climate Change and Environment
   • Adaptation, Mitigation, international negotiations and policies, CDM and renewable energy sector and trade and climate change, keeping in mind broad based inclusion and development concerns.
2. Trade and Public health
   • Intellectual Property Rights, accessibility, rational use of medicine, regulations and industry strategy.
3. Agriculture and Food Security Programme including Bio-fuel
   • Development issues in the multilateral, regional, bilateral free trade negotiations, trade safety nets for agriculture, livelihoods, gender concerns, food security, and nutrition and health aspects.
4. Trade and Human Development
   • Evaluation of macroeconomic policies and implications for poverty, equality and social development, linkages between domestic macroeconomic policy and trade policy and its impact on human development, impact assessment of specific poverty alleviation, employment guarantee and social security programmes, environment impact on gender equality and human development.

Research at Centad is based on thorough literature review, research data collection and analysis at both secondary and primary levels, field visits, and interviews. The process also undergoes in-depth reviews and copy editing before publication.

You can make the difference

Centad wishes to make this world a place where there is no poverty and all human beings live in harmony across regions. Our centre believes that by bringing the grass root issues to the forefront through research and advocacy at National and International level can bring desired results. Our organization works for a policy change that has an indirect but long lasting impact on the economy as well as in people lives. If you want to be part of this initiative, we invite you to contribute generously for the good cause through various means. We assure you that we will be accountable for each and every penny received.

How to Contribute

If you are really interested in our work, you can send your contributions in the following manner

• Through Bank Transfer to (Click to see the bank particulars)
• Send Demand Draft or Cheque in the name of Consortium for Trade and Development (Centad) payable at New Delhi.

All the contributions are exempted under Indian Income Tax Law and we will send an exemption certificate under section 80G to all the donors.