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Eradicating Extreme Poverty in West Pokot by 2025. Policy Priorities & Lessons from the Development of Kenya’s First County Poverty Graduation Policy in West Pokot
Clare Gardner, Alex Rees, George Kamau and Benard Biegon
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West Pokot is the first county in Kenya to develop a policy for a county wide approach to ending extreme… Read more poverty which will link together development investments that are currently not well coordinated and fragmented, reduce wastage, improve effectiveness and increase sustainability. This brief consolidates policy priorities and lessons from the development of Kenya’s first county poverty graduation policy in West Pokot by Wasafiri, Village Enterprise and the County Government of West Pokot. Read less ...
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Gardner, Clare, Alex Rees, George Kamau, Mercy Tumkou, and Benard Biegon. 2022. Eradicating Extreme Poverty in West Pokot by 2025: Policy Priorities & Lessons from the Development of Kenya’s First County Poverty Graduation Policy in West Pokot. Wasafiri, Village Enterprise, and the County Government of West Pokot
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Global Roadmap for Refugee Entrepreneurship
UNHCR and Impact Hub
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The Global Roadmap for Refugee Entrepreneurship provides guidance on refugee entrepreneurship programs based on best practices in the field from… Read more 21 countries. Read less ...
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UNHCR. "Global Roadmap for Refugee Entrepreneurship"
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In Practice Brief. Coaching in Economic Inclusion: Learning from Existing Models and Casting a Way Forward
Shilohni Sumanthiran and Keetie Roelen
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This two-page brief summarizes the main recommendations of the publication "Coaching in Economic Inclusion: Learning from Existing Models and Casting… Read more a Way Forward". Read less ...
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Sumanthiran, Shilohni; Roelen, Keetie. 2023. Coaching in Economic Inclusion: Learning from Existing Models and Casting a Way Forward. PEI in Practice; Volume 10.
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Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth
FAO
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This case study outlines how the project "Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth", strengthened the… Read more capacities of rural youth in their entrance in the agrifood system adopting green practices, while also empowering the national institutions tasked in supporting them. The case study also provides all the lessons learned throughout its implementation as well as details of the project’s evaluation. Read less ...
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FAO. 2023. Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth – Innovatively supporting youth’s access to decent employment and green jobs in agrifood systems. Rome.
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Strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
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This document presents a guiding framework to assist mainly governments, development organizations and civil society organizations (CSOs) in attaining coherence… Read more between social protection and forest policies to improve the well-being and economic inclusion of forest-dependent people. Read less ...
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FAO. 2023. Strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for sustainable agrifood systems transformation – Framework for analysis and action. Rome.
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Coaching for Economic Mobility
Nicki Ruiz De Luzuriaga
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The document then highlights the role that coaching can play in addressing some of the barriers that people in poverty face… Read more by helping building the skills and mindsets necessary to move out of poverty. For practitioners in particular, the appendix provides suggestions for what to look for when hiring, training, and supporting coaches. It details some of the qualities to look for and how to supervise coaches and support teams. It provides a list of training topics and a list of further reading notes that could be helpful. Read less ...
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Ruiz De Luzuriaga, Nicki (2015). Coaching for Economic Mobility. Boston: Economic Mobility Pathways formerly Crittenton Women’s Union.
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Families Disrupting the Cycle of Poverty: Coaching with an Intergenerational Lens
Elisabeth Babcock and Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga
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This document discusses EMPath’s Intergenerational Mobility Project – the Intergen Project, which uses the family as the unity of focus… Read more and considers the family as a key unit for human development. The project presents three tools to work with – the adults, the children, and the family, and details on how to use these tools and on some initial findings for practitioners. Read less ...
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Babcock, Elisabeth & Ruiz De Luzuriaga, Nicki (2016). Families Disrupting the Cycle of Poverty: Coaching with an Intergenerational Lens. Boston: Economic Mobility Pathways
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Poverty and mindsets - How poverty and exclusion over generations affect aspirations, hope and decisions, and how to address it.
Joint Research Centre (European Commission), Laura Cassio, Zsuzsa Blasko, Alice Szczepanikova
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This report focuses on how poverty and exclusion affect behaviour, aspirations, hope and agency, which can all be essential drivers… Read more to social mobility. Evidence suggests that the experience of poverty itself seems to contribute to the transmission of poverty to the next generation. The report gathers and summarises findings from behavioural studies, neuroscience, sociological and economic studies. Bringing together these diverse sources and scientific evidence can help to better understand this complex issue, and to identify countermeasures that may effectively address the problem. Read less ...
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Cassio, L., Blasko, Z., Szczepanikova, A., Poverty and mindsets – How poverty and exclusion over generations affect aspirations, hope and decisions, and how to address it, Publications Office of the European Union, 2021,
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Mobility Mentoring
Elisabeth D. Babcock
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This document provides a detailed description of EMPath’s Mobility Mentoring approach, including the fundamentals to the coaching component that fosters… Read more behavior change in crisis management and goal attainment. It also discusses the role of social support and networks. Read less ...
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Babcock, Elisabeth (2012). Mobility Mentoring® Boston: Economic Mobility Pathways formerly Crittenton Women’s Union
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A toolkit for implementing FH's Child Focused Community Transformation (CFCT) model
Laura Hunter
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This toolkit provides detailed steps on how to implement Food for the Hungry (FH) child-focused Community Transformation (CFCT) model. It… Read more includes learnings on developing conversations on social challenges such as early marriage, good saving group practices and more technical guides on money use. Read less ...
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L. Hunter (2013). FH CFCT Toolkit: Savings Group Manual, A Toolkit for Implementing FH’s Child-Focused Community Transformation (CFCT) Model, Washington, D.C.: Food for the Hungry