Monday, December 30, 2024
The southern coast of Bangladesh is highly susceptible to flooding, with climate change exacerbating the frequency and intensity of these events. Households affected by floods often resort to “maladaptive” coping strategies such as reducing expenditures...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
In 186 countries worldwide, cash transfer programs are the cornerstone of social protection, outnumbering social security or pension plans. These offer critical financial lifelines to vulnerable households, aiming to alleviate poverty by providing steady...
Friday, December 13, 2024
As the impacts of climate change intensify, the Caribbean faces a range of increasing risks from more intense hurricanes to changing rainfall patterns and extreme heat. Without urgent action these will have severe consequences for the region’s most...
Country:
America, Barbados, Grenada
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Friday, December 13, 2024
As school meal programmes continue to expand globally, so too is the body of evidence from impact evaluations. Given the multiplicity of objectives and the diversity of contexts in which school meals programmes are implemented, there is still a need for...
Thursday, December 5, 2024
A ceremony attended by Malawi’s Secretary for Education, Dr. Mangani Katundu, on December 5, marked the launch of the expansion strategy for the School Feeding Program in the country, aiming to increase the number of primary schools offering school meals...
Thursday, December 5, 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...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
What can history teach us about cash transfers? How have societies used cash transfers through the ages and what role have they played in countries’ development process? Ugo Gentilini’s book ‘Timely Cash: Lessons From 2,500 Years of Giving People...
Friday, November 29, 2024
Families in Gaza are stuck in a dramatic situation where regular markets have collapsed, while the available food and goods are scarce, with prices skyrocketing. The massive destruction of infrastructure has heavily impacted Gaza’s farms, normally...
Country:
Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Friday, November 22, 2024
As the global climate meeting, COP29, comes to a close in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, the world's attention now turns to practical solutions for combating the climate crisis. In Kenya, the humble school meal may be part of the solutions.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
School meals are popular among governments and charitable organisations aiming to alleviate hunger in schools. Yet, there is often debate around whether alternative approaches, such as cash transfers or take-home rations, might achieve similar...
