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Academics Stand Against Poverty

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues International Cooperation in Tax Matters Mobilizing international resources for development
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) is an international professional association focused on helping poverty researchers and teachers enhance their positive impact on severe poverty. It does so by promoting collaboration among poverty-focused academics, effective outreach to policy makers and broader public audiences, and by helping academics turn their expertise into impact through specific intervention projects. ASAP’s principal focus is on poor people in the less developed countries, because that is where poverty tends to be most concentrated and severe and where resources for tackling poverty tend to be scarcer. However, ASAP’s ultimate concern is for people, not for countries, and so it includes within its sphere of activity poor people in affluent countries as well.
Year established:	2010
Year of registration:	2010
Organizational structure:	ASAP’s activities are guided by a nine-member Board of Directors comprised of academics working in seven countries and chaired by Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University. ASAP’s 20-member Advisory Board includes some of the world’s most prominent researchers of poverty and global justice issues.
Number and type of members:	ASAP has chapters in Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Oceania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with hundreds of members working and studying in universities, research centers and NGOs worldwide. It has vibrant student chapters at the University of Birmingham, Delhi and Manchester, with more under development.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	N/A
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Fundraising campaigns

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