CEGA’s second annual Evidence to Action symposium, “The Returns to Investment in Girls,” presented findings of several recent studies, each focused on early investments in girls that can lead to increased income generation and decision-making power in adulthood. It also generated dialogue between researchers, policy makers, and donors to identify a learning agenda for the broader international development community.
A decade ago, new technology promised to tip the scales in the fight against global poverty. An explosion of digital data — together with engineering advances, novel analytical approaches, and new options for mobile delivery of products, services, and information — heralded the arrival...
The world sees between 20-50 armed conflicts each year. Today, active conflict persists in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Ethiopia, and myriad other countries. The effects of related violence are traumatic for residents and destabilizing for states, and tend to linger long after active conflict...
Social protection programs and emergency aid are two of the most common--and most powerful--tools governments and NGOs have to protect vulnerable members of society. With tens of millions of additional people living in “extreme poverty” since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasing...
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