This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Afrin Jahan’s life turned upside down when a sudden flash flood swept through her village, Porkora in Bangladesh. Midday on Thursday, August 22, the roof of her fragile home collapsed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With nearly 700 million people living in extreme poverty, the world needs solutions that can turn the tide. As BRAC’s late founder, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, used to say: “Small…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over five decades ago, BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in the wake of a war that secured the nation’s independence and a devastating cyclone that left it reeling with upwards…
Money is power in the United States, and mass incarceration plays a major role in determining who can wield power and who can’t. As we’ve noted repeatedly over the years,…
The coming “youthquake” in Africa is well-documented. Reports indicate Africa will account for two out of every five children born on the planet. According to The New York Times analysis of UN…
Considerable research evidence links childhood experiences of poverty to harmful effects on physical and mental health, social and behavioral functioning, and cognitive, academic, and educational outcomes. Yet little is known…
Panelists discussed a National Academies report on the effectiveness of policies designed to increase economic mobility among poor Americans.
The expanded child tax credit proposed under the Biden American Rescue Plan is the largest single anti-poverty investment in children since the introduction of Head Start to over half a…
Even before the pandemic crisis, progress on poverty eradication was slowing globally. As we approach upwards of 700 million people living in extreme poverty globally by the end of 2020, governments…
When we see the future of agriculture, perhaps we imagine lab-grown meat, massive seaweed farms, robots, and indoor farming. These farmers are marked by their size and run with an app to monitor…
Women farmers feed their communities and the world. From the paddy terraces of Asia to the maize fields of sub-Saharan Africa, the woman farmer tills, plants, waters, and harvests crops…
Over two decades ago in 1995, 189 countries agreed to achieve gender equality by creating the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a roadmap for creating a world where women and…