Episode #28: Climate change – How can people in poverty be better supported to cope with climate shocks?
People in poverty contribute least to climate change yet also benefit least from policies that either try to mitigate climateContinue Reading
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Episode #27: Graduating out of poverty – can it be done?
Empowering families in poverty to take control and set them on a path towards a better life, this is atContinue Reading
Cost of living crisis: what does it look like around the world?
by Keetie Roelen After almost two years of grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic and all the misery it caused, theContinue Reading
Welfare queens and benefit broods: women get the blame
by Keetie Roelen Picture this: You’re a mother of a new-born. It’s only been a few weeks since you gaveContinue Reading
Episode #21: A fair chance in life for everyone – UN Special Rapporteur Olivier de Schutter
Children growing up in poverty experience disadvantage in housing, schooling and later on in employment, giving them an unfair chanceContinue Reading
Improving childhood outcomes – is cash enough?
by Madison Little and Keetie Roelen In short: it depends… Providing parents with cash is now common practice across theContinue Reading
Episode #14: Digitising the fight against poverty – poor use of technology?
Social services around the world are rapidly being digitised. It is cheaper and more efficient, and it can improve theContinue Reading
The hidden value of social health insurance: breaking the intergenerational poverty trap?
by Christoph Strupat In the last decade, we witnessed a global campaign to extend health care coverage in the developingContinue Reading
Episode #9: Social protection response to Covid-19
Social protection and other forms of social security and welfare support have seen a large and rapid expansion across theContinue Reading
Practise what you preach? How cash transfers remove power from people in poverty
by Roeland Hemsteede Cash transfer programmes that provide a small but meaningful amount of money to poor and vulnerable householdsContinue Reading