This study assesses how a multifaceted ultra-poor graduation program shields household wellbeing and women’s welfare during localized droughts in Ethiopia.… Read more Analyzing data from a substantial experimental trial, integrating livelihood and nutrition interventions with Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), the research maps community-level exposure to droughts using satellite weather data. Results highlight the program's consistent moderation of drought impacts, particularly in diets, nutrition, and IPV, with enhanced household savings emerging as the primary mechanism for resilience. Read less ...

This publication is a photobook collection of stories of participants of The South Sudan Safety Nets Project. Stories feature participants… Read more of public works and cash plus training interventions. It also provides a summary of the project components, main results and best practices, including gender-focus and behavioral innovations.  Read less ...

Economic inclusion (EI) approaches can play an important role in addressing the challenges at the intersection of climate resilience and… Read more poverty reduction. This publication explores the links between climate change and economic inclusion and proposes pathways through which EI programs can more strategically support climate resilience. It presents a framework for Climate-Resilient Economic Inclusion that can help inform the design of both existing and new EI programs and provides practical examples of how EI programs align their design and operations with the framework. Read less ...

This two-page brief summarizes the main recommendations of the publication "Pathways to Climate-Resilient Economic Inclusion A Framework for Integrating Climate… Read more Action in Economic Inclusion Programs".  Read less ...

This report looks at practices of multidimensional coaching that support people experiencing persistent poverty and exclusion in building the capability… Read more to be self-reliant. The content of this report stems from a series of exchanges with the leaders of a number of multidimensional coaching practices across the world. It comprehends experiences in low- and middle-, and high income countries. Read less ...

This study is one of five undertaken by the FAO and the Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre… Read more of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa to understand the role of social protection programs’ design, outcomes and impacts on food system transformation. The country case of Peru focuses on the analysis of two public policy interventions and their interaction with the food systems’ elements, actors, and outcomes. The National Direct Support Program for the Poorest (JUNTOS) is a conditional cash transfer program implemented in 2005 to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty by providing the rural vulnerable population with access to essential goods and services. The second intervention, Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai (HW/NJ), is a program launched in 2012 to promote the economic inclusion of vulnerable groups in rural areas. The study is composed of a first part of literature review and data analysis on the current statistics of the policy interventions, and a second part of key key interviews with four country experts in social policy and rural development. Read less ...

This research brief shows how refugees take advantage of their freedom of movement to establish trade networks and engage with… Read more the Rwandan economy, explores some of the differences between refugee enterprises in Mahama and Kigali, and includes recommendations for policymakers and development and humanitarian actors for enhancing the feasibility and impact of entrepreneurship support for refugees in Rwanda. Read less ...

This brief shared the lessons learned of designing a graduation program in the Philippines launched in April 2021, known as… Read more the Padayon Sustainable Livelihood Program (Padayon SLP). The project - that targeted over 2,700 people over a period of 21 months - was composed of multiple services including income, savings, financial management skills, food security, nutrition, health, and hygiene behavior, as well as access to local resources. Read less ...

In PEI’s fourth In Focus publication, authors examine the informal economy of South Asia in the context of three stylized… Read more facts and explore how social and economic inclusion policies and programs can help address the realities of persistent informality for vulnerable people in poverty.  Read less ...

This report consolidates 5 years of qualitative and quantitative research on the largest government-led scale of the Graduation Approach in… Read more the world, Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY). The insights gleaned from this extensive on-ground research have contributed significantly to developing, refining, and perfecting the innovative delivery of the Graduation Approach in Bihar. The programme is implemented and led by JEEViKA and is run in close collaboration with NGO Bandhan-Konnagar as the technical advisor and J-PAL South Asia as the knowledge and learning partner. Read less ...