Economic Development
What ‘Cash Plus’ Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty
Years of implementing, studying, and iterating on cash transfer programs have revealed some important lessons about achieving long-term impact.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
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How Field Catalysts Accelerate Collective Impact
A look at how the Tamarack Institute united the efforts of local collective impact initiatives across Canada to accelerate systems change in support of a living wage.
Collaboration
Building Blended Finance in India
While blended finance has the potential to accelerate development in India, there are bottlenecks holding back its potential.
Health
Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia
Innovative approaches to addressing social stigma related to menstruation, led by women in Japan and China, are making the issue visible and highlighting the role it plays in gender inequality.
Podcast
Social Enterprise
From Plow to Prosperity
Babban Gona provides the capital and means to move Nigeria’s poor farmers from a life of subsistence to economic security—and a model for alleviating poverty across Africa.
Business
Why Sustainable Investment Means Investing in Advocacy
Combining traditional impact investment approaches with investment in advocacy is the only way businesses and investors can fuel meaningful social and environmental progress.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?
Measurement & Evaluation
Putting Evidence to Use
Research does no good if its insights are irrelevant or not applied. Ensuring that evidence influences policy requires developing the right ecosystem and levers for accountability.
Collaboration
Collaborating to Solve Homelessness
Partnerships between nonprofit service providers and government agencies to address homelessness are more effective when the former play a leading role.
Economic Development
How to Deliver Cash Transfer Programs More Effectively to Hard-to-Reach Populations
Cash transfer programs often struggle to reach those most in need. An investigation of four programs across Brazil, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Palestine revealed five features that lead to success.