Anti-poverty program is effective even in one of the world's toughest settings

Researchers looked at whether a tried-and-true poverty alleviation effort that gives cash and coaching to households, and is ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Poverty graduation model good way to optimise resource use

Highrise apartments along the railway line in Kibera, Nairobi. The apartments are part of the Kibera Slum Upgrading Project, September 2016. [Jacob Otieno, Standard] Over the years, Africa has had ...
Mercy Corps

Improving Nutrition with the Graduation Approach

Improving Nutrition with the Graduation Approach: A Technical Learning Brief (5.65 MB) Drawing inspiration from proven programs like BRAC's Ultra-Poor Graduation, the initiative combines social ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they?

KYEGEGWA, Southwest Uganda — Economist Dean Karlan was perplexed. He'd come to a remote part of Uganda to check on a program he'd helped design to lift people out of extreme poverty. Only things weren ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they?

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to self-sufficiency. But in... To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a ...