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USAID Development Innovation Ventures Awards BRAC $5 Million USD to Support Governments of Indonesia and the Philippines in Combating Extreme Poverty

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WASHINGTON, DC | November 19, 2024 BRAC, the world’s largest Global South-led INGO, was awarded a $5 million USD grant from Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to alleviate poverty in Indonesia and the Philippines through 2027. This catalytic investment will contribute to BRAC’s collaboration with the Governments … Continued

Brazil Launches a G20 Plan to Slash Hunger Across the World – Devex

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Devex originally published this article on November 18, 2024. The G20 summit has officially begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — and the first thing on the agenda was world hunger. “Hunger and poverty is not the result of scarcity or a natural phenomenon,” said Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking at the opening of … Continued

Governments, Development Banks, International Organizations and Philanthropies Partners to Bring Socioeconomic Inclusion Programs to Scale, Help to Lift 100 million More People Out of Poverty by 2030, Prioritizing Women Empowerment

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Rio de Janeiro, November 15, 2024. A group of governments, multilateral institutions, NGOs, and knowledge organizations recently committed to increase efforts and coordination to scale evidence-based socioeconomic inclusion programs in hopes of reaching an estimated 100 million people in poverty by 2030 of whom at least 50% women and girls. These new commitments aim to … Continued

How BRAC, Governments, and the World Bank Scale Innovations to Combat Poverty – World Bank

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The World Bank Group originally published this feature story on November 11, 2024. By Rasha Natour, Senior Specialist, Policy and Partnerships, BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative The number of people living in extreme poverty continues to be alarming and disheartening. The World Bank estimates that around one person in 10, or 700 million people, live in extreme … Continued

How We Can Get Back on Track to End Extreme Poverty – The Good Feed

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This blog was originally published on the Good Feed on August 11, 2024 If current trends continue, 690 million people across the world will still be living in extreme poverty by 2030. However, that doesn’t have to be our reality. Decades of experience and rigorous evaluations show us that multifaceted, ‘big push’ approaches offer one of several pathways … Continued

From Poverty to Prosperity: How Scaling Ultra-Poor Graduation Programmes Drive Sustainable Change – Oxford Martin School

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This article was originally published on the Oxford Martin School’s blog on July 12, 2024.  With around 700 million people globally living on less than $2 per day, there is an urgent international agenda to eliminate extreme poverty. The Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) approach, first launched by the international development organisation BRAC in the early 2000s, … Continued

How to Scale Up: An Interview with the Authors of ‘Scaling Up Development Impact’ – The Good Feed

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This article was originally published on the Good Feed on July 9, 2024. Siddhant Gokhale and Jossie Fahsbender, co-authors of Scaling Up Development Impact, talk about their new book, the challenges local organisations face when trying to scale up successful interventions, and how organisations like BRAC offer insights for scaling that can benefit the world. The … Continued

Esther Duflo, 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and Shameran Abed, President of BRAC: “Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger in the World is Doable and It Must be Done” – Le Monde

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This op-ed was originally published in Le Monde on May 31, 2024.  Shameran Abed and Esther Duflo advocate for supporting and expanding programs that have proven successful in developing countries in this op-ed. One of the main projects for the G20 under the Brazilian presidency is the creation of a global alliance against hunger and … Continued

Life in a Heatwave: What It’s Like, and What We Need To Do – The Good Feed

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This blog post was originally published on the Good Feed on May 19, 2024. Hundreds of people died across Asia in April and May 2024 as the region sweltered under blistering temperatures. It was so hot that schools had to be closed for millions of children in Bangladesh, along with in the Philippines, the Indian state of Tripura and South … Continued

The Rwandan Government Enhances Coordination Among Key Stakeholders to Support National Graduation Strategy

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By Christophe Ndahimana (Rwanda Program Manager), Martin Ruzima (Rwanda Senior MEL and Research Analyst), and Courtney Calardo (Head of Communications) Rwanda’s Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) recently hosted five workshops, one workshop for each province and the City of Kigali, to develop the capacity of district staff in all 30 districts on implementing and expanding the … Continued