
Alastair Whitson
Blog posts
Right to a future: Empowering refugees from Syria and host governments to face a long-term crisis
Monday, 09 November 2015 00:00With no end to the conflict in Syria in sight, the four million people forced to flee the country have no foreseeable prospect of safe return. And as the impact of the crisis on neighbouring countries grows and aid dries up, the situation for
Banking the unbanked is Within Reach
Wednesday, 04 November 2015 16:05How banks can grow profitably by being
Within Reach: How banks in emerging economies can grow profitably by being more inclusive
Wednesday, 04 November 2015 00:00Many banks have opted out of targeting and serving underbanked consumers in developing countries, concluding that it is either too complex, costly or not profitable. In order to tackle these assumptions and to help banks better understand the
Adding value to value chains: How to unlock the poverty-fighting potential of value chains
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 23:00Poor people are producers, workers, entrepreneurs and consumers – yet they are the most disadvantaged in market systems. Why do so many people remain at the bottom of the pyramid, unable to participate equitably in markets and improve their
Cultivating equality: Delivering just and sustainable food systems in a changing climate
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 23:00This report from Food Tank, CARE International and the CGIAR Research program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) demonstrates how inequality determines who eats first and who eats worst, and how this shapes people’s
Citizen 2.0 and Industrial Revolution 2.0
Thursday, 24 September 2015 11:19CARE and the SDGs: Let's make the Global Goals work for
Technology as a poverty game changer
Tuesday, 22 September 2015 16:11CARE at the UNGA: Using citizen-generated data to measure the
Citizen monitoring to defend maternal health rights in Peru
Monday, 07 September 2015 23:00This paper (Learning and Policy Series No. 6) presents learning from CARE’s experience of citizen monitoring of health services in the Peruvian highlands. The model developed by CARE allows citizens to voice their concerns, hold service
Five years into exile
Tuesday, 30 June 2015 23:00The challenges faced by Syrian refugees outside camps in Jordan and how they and their host communities are coping
This summary report outlining the main findings of CARE's needs assessment of urban Syrian refugees builds upon
The gap in humanitarian programming
Thursday, 25 June 2015 10:38It’s time to focus on child marriage in