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Blog Series

Reaching the Poorest

The CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program is a global effort to understand how a series of sequenced interventions - safety nets, livelihoods and access to finance -- can create sustainable pathways out of poverty for the extreme poor. Blogs in this series coincide with the Reaching the Poorest Global Learning Event 2014 in Paris and cover issues from current thinking on extreme poverty to how the graduation approach can be incorporated into social protection planning.

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Blog
06 March 2014

Given Opportunity, Extreme Poor Take Destiny Into Their Own Hands

At the global level, the extreme poor are those living with less than $1.25 a day, estimated in 2012 to be nearly 1.2 billion people. The Graduation Approach is not a silver bullet to ending extreme poverty. But it seems to hold real potential.
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Blog
25 February 2014

Graduation Model: Ready to Scale Up?

The benefits of the Graduation Approach are clear. Optimism around this approach was reinforced in Paris last week when about 100 experts and policymakers discussed how to integrate it into other policies and programs.
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Blog
20 February 2014

Graduation Programs as Part of Targeted Social Policy

After more than 15 years, conditional cash transfer programs have become the backbone of targeted social policies in Latin America. But we must create programs that maintain progress while continuing to move people out of poverty and into sustainable livelihoods.
CFPR Households Graph
Blog
19 February 2014

How the Graduation Approach Fits Into Social Protection Programs

This past decade has seen an exponential growth in social protection programs. When appropriately designed and implemented, these programs tackle poverty and vulnerability and promote positive developmental outcomes.
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Blog
18 February 2014

Poverty, Social Assistance and the "Graduation" Agenda

The big picture of poverty reduction trends and forecasts are encouraging but imply increasing complexity for poverty reduction strategies. This blog takes a closer look at the role of social assistance in the context of the Graduation Approach.
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Blog
13 February 2014

How Can the Poor Embark on a Pathway To Sustainable Livelihoods?

Creating appropriate and effective pathways for people to escape extreme poverty is a complex challenge. At CGAP one solution we are exploring is the Graduation to Sustainable Livelihood Approach, which uses a variety of interventions.

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