Development Blog
Why cash alone is not enough: four main features of a broader market systems approach to SME development
By Gianluca Nardi 20th Oct 2014
CARE International’s approach to SME development includes access to finance as an important element. But we also believe that it is essential to adopt a systemic view of the market system and of the socio-economic situation of the individuals and…
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Counting money at a VSLA meeting in Uganda
© CARE/Tine Frank
IMF World Bank Annual Meeting: Taking the Linking for Change message to the big players in global finance
By Alice Allan 15th Oct 2014
The IMF World Bank Annual meetings set the big picture on global finance – this year talk was how to cope with slowing growth rates in emerging economies. CARE went to ensure that some of the conversation focused on how…
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The World Bank Group building in Washington DC
The three Rs: Reading, Writing and Respect – changing male attitudes to women and sexual violence through the school curriculum
By Paul-André Wilton 10th Oct 2014
After the global summit on sexual violence ended, CARE International UK’s conflict policy team set ourselves the task of making sure the interesting ideas we heard did not stop there. Over the next few months we will be scoping out…
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School children in Uttar Pradesh, India
© CARE/Prashanth Vishwanathan
What can CARE do for business? – Taking partnerships to the next level in Pakistan
By Tim Bishop 09th Oct 2014
Last month I was in Islamabad, supporting the efforts of the CARE International team there, who have led a very successful set of engagements with the private sector to address social issues in Pakistan. In a country beset by a…
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A woman receiving payment for her work through the Easypaisa mobile banking system
© CARE/Wolfgang Gressman
Decision-making for an uncertain future: can climate information help?
By Maurine Ambani 08th Oct 2014
Information about past, present and future climate conditions can be a key tool for communities to plan for and adapt to climate change. But critics question the value of climate science, claiming it is too complex, overly technical and not…
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Women participating in a climate vulnerability and capacity analysis (CVCA) in Gorouol, Niger
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The mathematics of crisis: Adding up the facts for action in the face of famine
By Elizabeth White 07th Oct 2014
In 2011, it took 16 official warnings of a food security crisis before famine was finally declared in Somalia. The human cost of this was at least 260,000 lives, half of which belonged to young children. The financial cost of…
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People at a camp for internally displaced people in Puntland (photo taken September 2011)
© CARE/Wim Dekker
