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During the the joint Microlinks-Agrilinks conference held this past September on Sustainable Poverty Escapes, researchers Vidya Diwakar, Lucy Scott, and Andrew Shepherd discussed findings from their research on poverty escapes from rural Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Uganda. After the event, The Agrilinks team sent audience questions to the presenters, who provided the answers.
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This is a review of the Financial Inclusion Policy Guide, by Manuela Kristin Günther. Financial inclusion has become a hot topic in the field of poverty eradication and prevention of impoverishment. Many countries have now set targets for 100% inclusion by 2025. In recent times, India has been on the global forefront of Government-led interventions, rapidly advancing towards near-universal financial inclusion.
Read MoreOn Friday 18 November, the Impact Initiative at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty are hosting the Global Coalition Child Poverty Research Day in the aim to explore the main policy areas which need to be addressed in order to drastically reduce child poverty.
Read More“Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms” was the theme for this year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In the framework of a project on poverty dynamics and poverty escapes, the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network has been working towards this objective.
Read MorePoverty exacerbates the risk of exclusion of adolescents through stigma, poor access to services and lack of social networks. By promoting societies in which no adolescent is left behind and moreover in which adolescents are allowed to thrive, we can help prevent the transmission of poverty to the next generation of children.
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