Development Blog
Embracing the spirit of consortium: It's about making the right investments, not cutting delivery costs
By Helen Thompson 13th Nov 2018
Working in consortium to deliver large, complex programmes has become the norm for NGOs over the last few years. Increasingly, working in consortium is a clear expectation set out in donor tenders and calls for proposals. But is the sector…
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Integrating inclusive governance & gender equality: a case study illustrating the value of a combined approach
By Jenny Conrad 13th Nov 2018
Gender equality and inclusive governance are each acknowledged to be key cross-cutting issues vital for ensuring sustainable development. In two recent reports, CARE Australia examined the impacts and the lessons to be gained from considering how these two approaches intersect…
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Keep it female, innovative and local: Three recommendations from CARE International to President Macron’s Paris Peace and Governance Forum
By Caroline Kende-Robb 09th Nov 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron convenes a high-level conference in Paris from 11 to 13 November titled the ‘Peace and Governance Forum’, which he has described as the political sister to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos. Based on CARE’s…
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Promoting resilience through women’s economic empowerment programming in rural Africa
By Kathie Oginsky 02nd Nov 2018
This is the last in a series of blog posts marking Financial Inclusion Week and sharing valuable lessons from our POWER Africa (Promoting Opportunities for Women's Economic Empowerment in Rural Africa) project. As part of POWER Africa, CARE commissioned a…
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Today, on World Savings Day, we are celebrating the VSLA model by sharing learning from CARE’s POWER Africa (Promoting Opportunities for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural Africa) project. In our first blog in this series, we looked at VSLAs as…
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Getting financial inclusion right: Lessons from CARE’s POWER Africa project
By Kathie Oginsky 30th Oct 2018
To mark Financial Inclusion Week, we are shining a spotlight on CARE’s POWER Africa (Promoting Opportunities for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural Africa) project and the impact that savings-led financial inclusion has had on 750,000 people from poor households in…
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