Jeudi, 5 Décembre 2024
In a school in Makueni County, Kenya, a principal knows the profound impact of a simple school meal. Every day, including weekends, he reaches into his pocket to ensure his students have something to eat at school. "It's not just about feeding them...
Mardi, 19 Novembre 2024
After a year that has seen climate change destroy agriculture in regions already struggling with high level of food insecurity and malnutrition, attention at COP29 turns to food systems. In 2022, 148 million children globally were ‘stunted’ (...
Jeudi, 14 Novembre 2024
The Amen Program is a social assistance initiative in Tunisia that targets the country's most vulnerable citizens with cash transfers, medical services, and economic empowerment opportunities. As of December 2023, the program reached over 333,000 poor...
Mardi, 12 Novembre 2024
O Bolsa Família, maior programa de transferência de renda condicionada do mundo, completou 21 anos em outubro, sendo referência internacional no combate à pobreza. Além de garantir renda, o Programa integra políticas públicas, facilitando o acesso...
Lundi, 11 Novembre 2024
The Kwenda Program, Angola's first cash transfer initiative, has greatly improved lives in rural communities. Supported by $320 million from the World Bank and $100 million from the Angolan Government, Kwenda aims to assist 1.6 million vulnerable...
Mardi, 5 Novembre 2024
New evidence from Morocco reveals that conditional cash transfers can constrain learning when no accompanying measures are taken by governments to account for increased enrolment.
Vendredi, 1 Novembre 2024
In Salvador, the vulnerable and impoverished are not hidden away but are a visible presence at tourist attractions, in every neighborhood, and in the makeshift dwellings that dot the cityscape. A solid social assistance system, with adequate funding,...
Vendredi, 25 Octobre 2024
The impacts of a school feeding programme in Colombia go beyond school attendance and hunger relief, fostering learning, high school graduation and tertiary enrolment.
Mercredi, 16 Octobre 2024
GiveWell is trying to update their recommendations, and they are specifically trying to update their priors on the cost-effectiveness of cash transfers, based on the relatively recent Egger et al. (2022) paper, which evaluated a large-...
Mercredi, 16 Octobre 2024
Many children in low-income countries endure their entire school day without a nutritious meal, a situation that demands urgent attention. They arrive at school hungry and struggle to concentrate. Some even miss entire school days due to lack of food....
