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For its fourth year Stand Up and Take Action will take place worldwide this year October 16 to 18 to advocate the leaders of the planet and request them to keep their promises to eradicate poverty and...
View ArticleWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim to make a statement at the 2013 Summit
Earlier this year, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, who will be delivering a call to action at the 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit in Manila, announced a new agenda for ending extreme...
View ArticleLive Streaming Plenary Sessions at the 2013 Summit
The Microcredit Summit Campaign and the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc., together with the sponsorship of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, will host a Microcredit Summit in the...
View ArticleReflections from the 2013 Summit: An Interview with the “Father of...
The much anticipated talk with Dr. Yunus was the key highlight of the opening session at the Partnerships against Poverty 2013. Dr. Yunus began microfinance in Bangladesh around 37 years back, starting...
View ArticleTwitter Chat on the social determinants for achieving MDGs 4, 5, and 6
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View ArticleFriday News Round-up: January 16, 2015
#action2015 and the SDGs, poverty measurement, and BRAC take center stage (photo credit: Global Citizen) EspañolFrançais Continue reading →
View ArticleVoices from the Field: Syed Hashemi
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View ArticleThe 2015 Listening Tour: Mapping pathways for ending extreme poverty
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View Article#tbt: A New Law and New Hope
We are pleased to bring you this #ThursdayThrowback blog post, which was originally published in The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2004. The RESULTS International Conference is only...
View Article#tbt: Lobbying the World Bank, Part I
We are pleased to bring you this #ThursdayThrowback blog post, which was originally published in The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2004. The RESULTS International Conference is only...
View ArticleDoes your microfinance program improve newborn survival?
>>Authored by Larry Reed, Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign Research from the World Health Organization shows that half of the decline in under-5 child deaths is due to factors outside the...
View ArticleA deep dive into the Millennium Development Goals Report
The United Nation's (U.N.) Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators recently issued the latest assessment of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a 75-page report. The...
View ArticlePost-MDG 1: Focusing the lens on those still in extreme poverty
The United Nations recently issued The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015, the latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGs. In short, they have had mixed results. This article is part of...
View ArticlePost-MDG 2: Bringing the “last mile” children into our schools
The United Nations recently issued The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2015, the latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGs. In short, they have had mixed results. This article is part...
View ArticleDoes anti-poverty work actually … work?
The following blog post is re-posted with permission. Read the original article on Next Billion, "NexThought Monday – Does Anti-Poverty Work Actually ... Work?: Three questions every 'pro-poor' group...
View ArticlePost-MDG 3: Achieve gender equality to tackle the root causes of poverty
The United Nations recently issued The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2015, the latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGs. In short, they have had mixed results. This article is part...
View ArticleInsufficient and greatly uneven progress on the maternal health MDG
>>Authored by Marion Cosquer and Sabina Rogers MDG 5: Improve maternal health Target 5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio In 1990, 380 pregnant...
View ArticleRe-strategizing with the SDGs…Inspiration from MDG 6
The latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGsEspañolFrançais Continue reading →
View ArticleSwedes, chimps, and you and me on sustainable development
Hans Rosling demystifying sustainable developmentEspañolFrançais Continue reading →
View ArticleSneak peek of the 2015 State of the Campaign Report
The World Bank and the United Nations have both set their sights on ending extreme poverty by the year 2030. The Bank has also set a concomitant target of universal financial access by 2020 as a major...
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