PovertyFrontiers.org is your knowledge sharing resource on poverty reduction, asset-based approaches to development, and poverty-related issues.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Report Now Available: Women's Empowerment Arising from Violent Conflict and Recovery
Drawing on the World Bank’s Moving Out of Poverty dataset, this study by Patti Petesch explores the life stories of 125 women who have lived through violent political conflict in four middle-income countries. The report attempts to qualitatively assess the factors shaping women’s empowerment and community recovery after conflict in order to support broad recommendations for interventions in the post-conflict period. Download the Report>>
USAID Small Grant Award: Women’s Mobility and Conflict
USAID recently awarded a small grant for a research project on the policy implications of women’s mobility and conflict. Ms. Patti Petesch, a Mercy Corps Consultant and Co-Editor of the World Bank’s Moving Out of Poverty: Rising from the Ashes of Conflict series, presented her intermediate research findings at USAID in October, 2010. Find out more and view the media clip>>
Join the Microlinks Online Discussion January 11-13, 2011 on Strengthening Evaluation of Poverty and Conflict/Fragility Interventions
Microlinks will host a three-day, online discussion on how practitioners and academics are working together to develop methods and tools for evaluating and assessing poverty reduction and conflict mitigation interventions in the field. Facilitators will discuss their experiences and common challenges as they pursued the elusive goal of finding a causal link between poverty and conflict. Participants will be invited to ask questions and share their own experiences with the facilitators. Learn more and register to participate. Learn more and register to participate
FEATURES
Migration Policy Institute Releases Resources around Migration & Development Themes
New Website Provides Research, Tools, Experts and Technical Assistance on Labor Sector Impacts
Labor sector issues are many of the same issues relevant to poverty reduction. The Global Labor Sector Analytic Initiative (GLaSAI) has been taking a critical look at the multi-dimensional issues of the labor sector across the world. The new GLaSAI website is a dynamic knowledge bank about the impact of the labor sector on politics, society, economic development and poverty reduction. It provides access to the research, tools, experts, and technical assistance needed to design, implement, and evaluate labor sector programming in the context of country-specific or global objectives. View the Bangladesh Country Assessment.
Visit USAID’s New Cross-Cutting Youth Livelihoods Pages
This new microLINKS sub site brings together information on USAID activities in youth-inclusive development; an events page featuring conferences, trainings and online discussions aimed at improving socio-economic conditions for youth; and key resources in seven topic areas: Understanding the Challenge, Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Youth, Social Protection & Youth, Financial Services & Literacy for Youth, Self-Employment for Youth, Employment / Employability for Youth, and Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Assessment. Please click here.
Established under the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project, PovertyFrontiers is a forum for those involved in poverty reduction to exchange ideas and best practices. To learn more about the Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Net team, go to the USAID site.
The information provided on this web site is not official U.S. government information, and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government. Link for official information on USAID and the PASSN team site on usaid.gov.
