
Alastair Whitson
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Financial inclusion in Uganda
Tuesday, 09 December 2014 10:30Since 2011 the Ugandan government has taken steps to double the number of adults accessing formal financial services from 28% in 2009 to 54% in 2013. However, 2.6 million adults remain excluded (15% of the adult population). This CARE
A roadmap to responsible linkage
Thursday, 27 November 2014 00:00A short, step-by-step guide to linking informal savings groups to formal financial services, including principles, recommended stages, examples and how-to
Ensuring sustainable and equitable growth: CARE’s recommendations to the G20
Monday, 17 November 2014 00:00This paper outlines CARE’s recommendations towards the G20 summit on 15-16 November 2014. The briefing paper focuses on issues of gender equality, climate change, financial inclusion, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the fight against
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Engaging men and boys for gender equality series: Lessons learnt (Brief 2)
Wednesday, 08 October 2014 15:42CARE’s experience demonstrates that achieving real and lasting progress toward gender equality requires proactive work with men and boys alongside work with women and girls. This briefing paper highlights how each element of CARE’s work on
Engaging men and boys for gender equality series: Stories of engagement (Brief 1)
Tuesday, 07 October 2014 23:00CARE’s experience demonstrates that achieving real and lasting progress toward gender equality requires proactive work with men and boys alongside work with women and girls. This briefing paper highlights the stories of change of those men and
From crisis to catastrophe: South Sudan’s man-made crisis – and how the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015
Monday, 06 October 2014 23:00This joint agency briefing note, signed by CARE and 35 other aid agencies, warns that parts of South Sudan – already the world’s worst food crisis – could fall into famine early in 2015 if the nine-month-long conflict escalates as expected.
2015 and beyond: Action for a just, gender-equitable and sustainable future
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:37This briefing paper outlines CARE’s recommendations for promoting gender-equitable and sustainable development in the face of climate change for the ongoing 2015 policy processes, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the UNFCCC
The right climate for development: Why the SDGs must act on climate change
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:05This report - produced by CAFOD, CARE International, Christian Aid, Greenpeace, Practical Action and WWF-UK - argues that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the expected successors to the Millennium Development Goals which expire at the
A call to action on gender and humanitarian reform
Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:59From the Call to Action on Violence Against Women and Girls in Emergencies to the World Humanitarian Summit
This policy briefing paper outlines practical and policy-relevant ways forward for the Call to Action on Violence Against