Development Blog
Randomized control trials and the Tipping Point Initiative’s journey to align the gold standard with our mission
By Anne Sprinkel 17th Mar 2020
By Anne Sprinkel, Project Director, Tipping Point Initiative; and Dipendra Sharma, Team Lead, Tipping Point Nepal When we joined CARE’s Failing Forward podcast, we had little idea that we would discuss everything from logistical nightmares to ethical conundrums related to…
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One year after cyclones hit Mozambique, the world needs to wake up to the climate emergency
By Sven Harmeling 13th Mar 2020
Last March, the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai claimed more than 1,000 lives and displaced tens of thousands of people in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. A year on, Idai serves as a warning that the climate emergency is not going…
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Ending workplace violence and harassment – significant progress but no time to rest on our laurels
By Hester Le Roux 12th Mar 2020
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2020, advocates for better labour rights, especially for women workers, have been celebrating a major achievement: there is now a new international labour standard that recognises everyone’s right to work free from violence and…
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I have been part of rapid response teams deploying to typhoons, cyclones and floods in Asia and droughts in East and Southern Africa and worked on emergency responses for 15 years. Each time, I’ve seen first-hand how around the world,…
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What we’ve learned about adaptive management from our Somalia education programming
By Charlotte Heales 28th Feb 2020
Adaptive management in its various incarnations has long been a focus of a development community that is more and more frequently bumping up against the barriers of complexity, and looking for ways to overcome its challenges. In a field where…
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The UK government is at risk of failing our first 100 day tests on equality, climate and development
By Carolyn Clarke 18th Feb 2020
When this new government was elected, CARE International UK and our supporters called for four actions in their first 100 days that would demonstrate their commitment to gender equality, tackling climate change and spearheading international development.
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