
Alastair Whitson
Blog posts
The Banking on Change youth savings group model: From saving and learning to banking and earning
Monday, 18 April 2016 23:00With the global backdrop of the youth bulge where over a billion adolescents will transition into adulthood, Banking on Change, as the largest global financial inclusion programme working with youth savings groups, has generated evidence to
Resilience and market systems
Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:26What can we learn from resilient markets in
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Women, work & war: Syrian women and the struggle to survive five years of conflict
Monday, 21 March 2016 00:00During five years of war, Syrian women have taken on new roles and responsibilities in supporting their families. However, Syrian women both in Syria and in refugee contexts encounter substantial barriers as they try to establish new livelihoods,
Engaging men and boys for gender equality series: Man in the mirror (Brief 3)
Tuesday, 08 March 2016 00:00Reflections on men and boys engaging gender work in development
The 2015 Engaging Men and Boys Learning Initiative explored the experiences of men involved in the struggle for gender equality. How did they first get involved?
What we learned about post-disaster shelter
Tuesday, 01 March 2016 11:26Lessons from 15 years of post-disaster shelter in
Post-disaster shelter in India (Summary): Conclusions and recommendations
Thursday, 25 February 2016 00:00The introduction, conclusions and recommendations from the full
Post-disaster shelter in India: A study of the long-term outcomes of post-disaster shelter projects
Thursday, 25 February 2016 00:00Over the last 15 years CARE India and other NGOs have repeatedly responded to natural disasters where large numbers of people have lost their homes. This study evaluates the medium- to long-term effectiveness of post-disaster shelter responses
Housing, land and property issues in Nepal and their consequences for the post-earthquake reconstruction process
Wednesday, 24 February 2016 00:00This report produced by CARE Nepal warns that reconstruction in Nepal following the 2015 earthquakes might leave some earthquake-affected people behind, including very vulnerable ones such as squatters, undocumented citizens or owners without a
The State of Linkage Report: The first global mapping of savings group linkage
Monday, 15 February 2016 00:00The State of Linkage Report provides, for the first time, a global mapping of linkage activity – the process through which informal savings groups are able to access products and services from formal financial service providers (FSPs). The