Development Blog
Debate on the possibilities at the base of the pyramid (BOP) is ubiquitous; nonetheless, too often regulated to a post-script is that frequently when we refer to the BOP what we actually mean is women at the BOP. It’s time…
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In Poverty and Out of Profit: the business case for engaging with poor farmers in Bangladesh's dairy sector
Along with a delegation from CARE International UK, I recently visited colleagues at CARE Peru (or Cah-Rey Peru as its pronounced in Spanish!) to witness how they are reaping real results in tackling the challenges of poverty and inequality in…
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Women from a farming community in Puno, Peru. © CARE / Alice Hutchinson
As NGOs gathered in London last week to begin discussing ‘Make Poverty History Mark 2’, an Indian colleague neatly summed up what he felt CARE needs to focus on if we are to make significantly more progress towards poverty eradication.…
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A woman selling products as part of JITA. © Kathryn Richards / CARE
Value Chains, Business Plans and International Markets. What do these terms mean for some of the poorest people living in the isolated farming region of Sopachuy in Bolivia? Quite a lot, it turns out: “Access to bigger markets means increased…
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Factory workers in Bolivia. © CARE
To many people, charities and huge multi-national companies will always be strange bedfellows. As such, there can be a gossipy appetite to hear of a mighty culture clash when the two worlds come together in partnership – the sandal wearing…
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A Village Savings and Loans Association which enables people to access financial services who are normally not able to do so. © CARE
I have recently returned from South Sudan where I met groups of people who had to travel for days at a time, and sometimes weeks, to get back to their home country. Along the way they saw babies and old…
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A returnee family in South Sudan. © CARE / Geoffrey Dennis
