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Blog Series

CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program

This blog series shares insights and reflections from individuals working to find pathways out of extreme poverty for the poorest as part of the CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program.

Blog
31 August 2012

Happiness Up, Poverty Down

The benefits we’re seeing in the lives of the poorest are big and important. The results are strong evidence that the Graduation Model can work.
Blog
17 August 2012

Graduation and Social Protection in Latin America

One of the biggest challenges of social public policy is how to design effective programs for the large number of poor and extreme poor households who cannot access the contributive social security system.
Blog
13 August 2012

Understanding What Works: Why Qualitative Research Matters

Why invest in qualitative research, given the rigorous impact results from the RCTs? Taking a long, deep look into the lives of program participants is essential for understanding the nuances behind the RCT results.
Blog
10 August 2012

Multiplying the Graduation Experience: Vision and Practical Ideas

Today, the Graduation model, inspired by BRAC’s program in Bangladesh, has achieved success by showing how to move ultra poor households in Haiti, India, Pakistan, and Honduras out of extreme poverty and by giving them hope that they can improve their current standard of living.
Blog
06 August 2012

Ten Lessons for Multiplying the Graduation Model

With half of the 10 CGAP-Ford Graduation Program pilots now completed and a significant collection of evidence showing the effectiveness of this approach, how do we begin to scale up?
Blog
03 August 2012

Good News for the Ultra Poor

We have seen promising results from the CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation pilot programs targeting the “ultra-poor” demographic – the most vulnerable families, living in the bottom 15% of their economy, which for years have been among the hardest to reach by development interventions.
Blog
01 August 2012

Creating Pathways for the Poorest: Graduation Model Shows Early Promise

The CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program is a global effort to create pathways for the poorest out of extreme poverty by carefully sequencing safety nets, livelihoods and access to finance, inspired by BRAC in Bangladesh.
Blog
30 April 2012

Can We Sustainably Reach the Poorest?

Recent reports reveal that we’re making some progress in the fight against poverty, but there’s been little effect on the most challenging to reach—the ultra-poor.

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