Development Blog
Holding back the flood: Using savings groups to relocate from risk in Malawi
By Crystal Whitaker 23rd Mar 2020
As the climate crisis makes natural disasters a daily reality for people around the world, communities and humanitarian organisations are looking for ways to mitigate risks and build resilience. In 2019, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai – which ravaged…
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Tensions and learnings in research-program partnerships undertaking RCTs
By Cari Jo Clark 17th Mar 2020
By Cari Jo Clark, Sudhindra Sharma, and Kathryn M. Yount The recent Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty,” and on-going collaboration with CARE…
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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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