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 ...
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 ...
Project Syndicate

The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty

Research and experience have shown the effectiveness of providing women and girls living in extreme poverty with a productive asset, support to meet their basic needs, and long-term coaching and ...
NPR

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 ...
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 ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Kenya launches ultra poor graduation strategy to combat poverty

PS Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs Joseph Motari during the launch of the Ultra Poor Graduation Strategy. [Juliet Omelo, Standard] Kenya has unveiled a new plan to confront the number of ...
Marietta Daily Journal

Cobb Nonprofit to hold Graduation for Poverty Reduction Program

Cobb Nonprofit to hold Graduation for Poverty Reduction Program Staff reports Mar 21, 2025 0 1 min to read Annie Mayne ...