Thursday, September 15, 2022
Social protection measures have played a core part of the Pacific’s response to the impacts of COVID-19. More than 80 schemes have been implemented, using cash and in-kind benefits, subsidies, and adjustments to contributory schemes.
There is a common...
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Asia, Timor-Leste, Oceania, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
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Friday, May 13, 2022
Social transfers are increasingly seen within the development industry as the go-to response to poverty, inequality, and economic crises, a trend that has only been reinforced by the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This spread and expansion of...
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Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Asia, Bangladesh, Nepal
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Thursday, February 17, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 124 million people into extreme poverty globally, the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years. To meet the magnitude of this need, governments around the world have dramatically ramped up social...
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Africa, Togo, Asia, Bangladesh
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Monday, December 6, 2021
In this blog, we summarize five studies completed in the last two years that examine impacts of cash, cash-for-work and cash plus programmes on both violent discipline of children and male intimate partner violence against women (IPV) from diverse LMICs...
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Africa, Mali, Rwanda, America, Colombia, Asia, Bangladesh, Philippines
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Friday, December 3, 2021
Bangladesh accounts for four percent of stunted children globally which has a major impact on learning outcomes. Poorer households bear a disproportionate share of the burden of stunting and have limited access to early childhood development...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
In the busy streets of Male, the capital of Maldives, Aminath Waheed picks up passengers, blazing a trail as the city’s only female taxi driver. In the hills of Nepal, 30-year-old Madhukala Adhikari works as a mobile mason, helping families rebuild...
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Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
As this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) unfolds, the world is facing coinciding crises. Multiple regions hit their highest-ever recorded surface temperatures this year, tens of millions of people are being displaced by climate-related...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Bangladesh has experienced impressive gains in reducing undernutrition over the past two decades. For example, the proportion of stunted children under-5 fell from 43 percent to 31 percent between 2007 and 2018 while the number of wasted...
Thursday, October 28, 2021
BRAC’s Graduation approach empowers women to challenge harmful gender norms that impede upon their independence, dignity, and aspirations. Gender norms are social norms defining acceptable and appropriate actions for women and men in a given group or...
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Africa, Kenya, Asia, Bangladesh
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Friday, October 15, 2021
Already facing severe climate-related disruptions, Bangladesh is now enduring the additional economic and human development setback of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both threaten to reverse the considerable gains made to reduce poverty and inequality in the...