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Cash vs. Cows : Looking at the Benefits of Asset versus Cash Transfer Programs
Is it better to give a cow or cash? Are such approaches hand-outs or a hand up for the extreme poor? In the development sector, we often pose simple either/ or questions. Yet these simple questions are...
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Cash vs. Cows: Cash Versus Cows (Part 2): What’s More Scalable – Cash...
In a space dominated by important ideals – sustainability, social and financial returns, and market-based avenues to help the poor out of poverty – we sometimes tend to overlook a glaring reality....
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Rose Marie’s First Loan
In this post, we read about Rose Marie and her husband Emmanuel. They had a difficult time one their way through the 18 months of CLM, but Rose Marie was able to graduate nonetheless. Now they have...
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Upcoming Event on February 27th, 2015: Lessons, Implications of the Latest...
CGAP, IPA, J-PAL and the World Bank are holding a day-long event on Wednesday February 27th 2015. Time: 9ham-5hpm, EST Location: The World Bank Headquarters, Preston Auditorium, 1818 H Streeet NW,...
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Purchase for Progress (P4P) January 2015
Smallholder farmers key to achieving Zero Hunger Executive Director Ertharin Cousin discusses WFP’s assistance to smallholder farmers in a video interview about the Zero Hunger Challenge. Biofortified...
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SEEP Network Webinar on February 18th, 2015 : Scaling Savings, Conditional...
The SEEP Network is holding a webinar “Scaling Savings: Conditional Cash Transfers & Savings Groups” on Wednesday February 18th,2015 at 10ham-11ham EST. This webinar is hosted by SEEP’s...
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Not Ready for Credit
In this post, we read about Miraclide. She graduated from CLM in December, and is happy about her progress. But while many of her fellow graduates decided to move on to Fonkoze’s credit programs, she...
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Reflections on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation From the Long Term...
This was originally posted on Let’s Talk Development, a blog hosted by Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist, World Bank Productive inclusion is the buzzword taking shape in social policy circles in Latin...
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After not Graduating
In this post, we read about Mimosa and her husband Wozèn. A string of bad luck left them short of the criteria for graduation out of the CLM program when the time came. But thanks to their hard work,...
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Openings at Fundacion Capital
Fundacion Capital is currently recruiting for three positions: Regional Coordinator for Africa Director of Communications (Bogota) IT Specialist for “Digital Solutions” for the poor Fore...
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