Videos for Poverty Reduction

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Do Graduation Programs Improve Outcomes for Young Children?
Do Graduation Programs Improve Outcomes for Young Children?
The Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) approach is a multi-component anti-poverty intervention that supports households to be able to weather and avoid shocks while findin...
Three Facts About Harm Reduction
Three Facts About Harm Reduction
Punishing people who use illegal drugs doesn’t work—and only worsens health, racial, and economic inequities. Harm reduction works. It is a nonjudgmental and evidence-based approach of meeting p...
UN DESA DISD Webinar with Paul Collier on Poor Places in Poor Countries
UN DESA DISD Webinar with Paul Collier on Poor Places in Poor Countries
This webinar was organized by the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Every continent has poor or middle-in...
Restoring Social Security solvency and reducing elderly poverty
Restoring Social Security solvency and reducing elderly poverty
...for decades, and how to accomplish this—while at the same time reducing elderly poverty. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Fo...
Reconstruire des vies, consolider la paix.
Reconstruire des vies, consolider la paix.
Dans des contextes marqués par les difficultés économiques et les incertitudes, le manque de moyens de subsistance peut fragiliser les ménages, accroître les vulnérabilités et limiter les perspecti...
The Bottom 30%: Jamie Dimon on What Both Parties Got Wrong About American Poverty
The Bottom 30%: Jamie Dimon on What Both Parties Got Wrong About American Poverty
"The middle class in America has not gotten smaller, okay? That's a fantasy, and it's actually gotten much richer," says Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase, in a discussion about the U....
IFAD
11d ago
Pakistan: how the NPGP is lifting people out of poverty
Pakistan: how the NPGP is lifting people out of poverty
...rrently ongoing projects totalling US$552 million. One of them is the National Poverty Graduation Programme (NPGP) whose aim is to assist the ultra-poor and very poor in gradua...
UNDP Egypt
12d ago
From Aid to Empowerment: How Microloans Are Changing Lives Across Egypt
From Aid to Empowerment: How Microloans Are Changing Lives Across Egypt
From Aid to Empowerment: How Microloans Are Changing Lives Across Egypt من المساعدات إلى التمكين: كيف تُغيّر القروض الصغيرة حياة الناس في جميع أنحاء مصر
America’s affordability crisis is bigger than you think
America’s affordability crisis is bigger than you think
Nearly half of American families can't afford basic necessities. And the crisis spans every region of the country. Senior Fellow Andre Perry and Senior Research Assistant Hannah Stephens break do...
Poverty should never define a child’s future.
Poverty should never define a child’s future.
...rant, and increase the value of the Grant so it can truly protect children from poverty. Poverty should never define a child’s future.
Carlos Slim Foundation's Poverty Eradication Program
Carlos Slim Foundation's Poverty Eradication Program
Con un alto sentido de responsabilidad social, eficiencia y oportunidad, la Fundación desarrolla programas en los ámbitos de la educación, empleo, salud, nutrición, justicia social, cultura, desarr...
Programa de combate a la pobreza de Fundación Carlos Slim
Programa de combate a la pobreza de Fundación Carlos Slim
Conoce el impacto del Programa de Combate a la Pobreza de la Fundación Carlos Slim, una iniciativa diseñada para transformar la vida de las familias mexicanas en las comunidades más vulnerables med...
Good practices in inequality reduction from Mexico by Lorena Villavicencio Ayala
Good practices in inequality reduction from Mexico by Lorena Villavicencio Ayala
Good practices in inequality reduction from Mexico by Lorena Villavicencio Ayala
Economic Opportunities Program: When Work Isn’t Enough: Improving Job Quality for ALICE Households
Economic Opportunities Program: When Work Isn’t Enough: Improving Job Quality for ALICE Households
... transportation in their communities. In addition to families below the federal poverty level, ALICE® households — those that are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — e...
Mayor Brandon Scott: Reducing Vacant Housing in Baltimore
Mayor Brandon Scott: Reducing Vacant Housing in Baltimore
For @mayorbmscott, this work is personal. At #CityLabMadrid, he reflected on growing up around vacant housing in Baltimore—and how the city is now investing block by block in safer, stronger neigh...
Poverty is falling everywhere—except in fragile states
Poverty is falling everywhere—except in fragile states
Fragile states are the only places in the world where poverty is increasing. And by 2030, they will be home to around two-thirds of the world’s poor. A...
How to Build Wealth During an Affordability Crisis
How to Build Wealth During an Affordability Crisis
In a time of rising costs and shrinking safety nets, building wealth can feel like a luxury, both for the many Americans struggling to make ends meet and for the leaders working to support them. Bu...
The EU's first ever anti-poverty strategy is here
The EU's first ever anti-poverty strategy is here
The EU has adopted its first-ever anti-poverty strategy, built on three pillars to tackle one of Europe's biggest challenges. 1 in 5 Eur...