Content tagged with “Poverty”
The Aspen Institute launches a new Food Security Strategy Group with an inaugural dialogue in Marrakesh, Morocco.The Food Security Strategy Group is a high-level, non-partisan, and international...
Tags: Food Security, Poverty, Environment, Farmers, Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, Population, Sustainability, women, Development, Economics Hey There, Superman. Papers, Please. Art is often used as a means to advocate on behalf of vulnerable populations. Take, for example, the Firelight Foundation’s Cradle Project which underscores the...
Tags: Poverty, Advocacy Strategies Unpacking Stats A few weeks ago we told you about a World Bank report showing a marked decrease in the number of people in developing countries living in extreme poverty. In their latest “Trade Fact...
Tags: Poverty, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies Extreme Poverty Down? According to a recent report by the World Bank, the answer is (unexpectedly) an emphatic yes. Researchers found that the number of people in the developing world living on $1.25...
Tags: Poverty, LGBT Rights, Microfinance The Aspen Institute’s Ascend program is based on a simple but critical idea: that a powerful way to help struggling families move beyond poverty is through a "two-generation" strategy, which...
Tags: Poverty, Ascend, Anne Mosle, two-generation strategy Urban Jungles What do Beihai (China), Ghaziabad (India) and Saana (Yemen) have in common? According to Foreign Policy, they’re three of the top fastest growing cities in the world. With the usual...
Tags: Foreign Policy, Poverty, Education 
