WHAT WORKS TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY? . Listen to my insightful conversation with colleagues Global Coalition to End Child Poverty . 👉 @oliverfiala.bsky.social #SavetheChildren 👉 Kath Ford #YoungLives 👉 Charlotte Bilo and Sola Engilbertsdottir @unicef.org . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/29/e...

Episode 46: What works to reduce child poverty – Global Coalition to End Child Poverty

Currently, 859 million around the world live in multidimensional poverty and more than 300 million children live in extremely income-poor households. With only five years to go until the end of the…

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Poverty Unpacked @povertyunpacked.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 PODCAST ALERT!! 🎧 . What works to reduce #childpoverty? . In our new episode, we talk with the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty . 👉 state of affairs on global child #poverty 🌏 👉 ways to reduce child poverty ⬇️ . Listen now! . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/29/e...

📣 PODCAST ALERT 🎧 . Time for another round up of news on all things #poverty . 👉 new publications #childpoverty #socialprotection 👉 step-by-step guide on #socialchange 👉call for submissions for #poverty #homelessness anthology . Check it out: poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/01/e...

Episode #45: Poverty Unpacked – May chat

Time for a new round up of news on all things #poverty! Much to report this month, see full list of items and links to resources below. Two reports from the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty Wh…

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Direct transfers is on average the most pro-poor sector. Across countries, 32% of cash and near-cash transfers benefiting the poorest 20%. Unfortunately, in many countries - especially across Africa and some Asian countries - less than 20% of social spending benefits the poorest 20%.

As I meet people from aid agencies around the world this week I will be making the case for a radical simplification in how we do aid: fewer countries, fewer projects, radically simpler programs. It was key takeaway from my time in govt. Read why. www.cgdev.org/blog/radical...

Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets

With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of sh...

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Despite its importance, child poverty is underreported in voluntary national reviews (VNRs). Specific data on child poverty, especially multidimensional aspects, are often missing. www.endchildhoodpoverty.org/publications...

Important null results in development economics Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas. I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...

Important null results in development economics

Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.

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Rich Countries Are Exporting Thousands of Tons of Toxic Paint Pigment to Poor Countries New data from @rorytodd98.bsky.social @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @cgdev.org and me. Paper: www.cgdev.org/publication/... Blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/rich-co...

Are public policies in education, health and social protection actually benefiting the poorest people? SDG indicator 1.b.1 is helping us to measure this, estimating how ‘pro-poor’ public spending actually is. Read more in our new World Bank Data Blog: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

Who benefits from public spending? New evidence on pro-poor investments

Who benefits from public spending? New World Bank data on pro-poor social spending across 133 countries shows wide variation in how much education, health, and transfers reach the poorest 20%.

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Each dot represents 10 people whose lives depend on US foreign aid, just for HIV prevention & treatment. Without it, 1.6m people could die *per year*.

In Nick Kristof's latest column he draws on new research from @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @justsand.bsky.social estimating lives saved by US aid. Read their research here: www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save?

We present some estimates for lives saved by US assistance worldwide, with illustrative estimates by recipient country. Our core estimates are for deaths prevented from HIV/AIDS, vaccine-preventable i...

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Nick Kristof@nickkristof.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In an age of populism, how can we ensure that facts & evidence still matter in policymaking & international development? CSAE Director @gamblingondev.bsky.social joins Trudi Makhaya & @rory-stewart.bsky.social to discuss this in @voxdev.bsky.social's Development Dialogues voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Development Dialogues: The future of evidence-based policymaking and international development

Is evidence-based policymaking dead? In an age of populism, how can we ensure that facts and evidence still matter in policymaking and international development?

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Frustratingly, I once again hear folks in the econ-adjacent, 'aid reform' camp going soft on PEPFAR -- ready to jetisson billions in life-saving HIV aid to get peanuts for innovation, incubator funds and the like. PEPFAR works. We're winning the war on AIDS. Hold the line.

Asterisk Magazine@asteriskmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

In the wake of the turmoil around PEPFAR funding, we're re-reading @justsand.bsky.social's piece on how economists got Africa's AIDS epidemic wrong - and why it's so important that it continues asteriskmag.com/issues/05/pe...

Universal free primary education swept the globe in the '90s & '00s. Why not universal free school meals too? Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins report on the growing coalition pushing school meals worldwide: from Lula to the WFP and Ford Foundation: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/f...?

School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development | by Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins - Project Syndicate

Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.

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"the relative shift of power towards the global south is changing the global discourse about the importance of growth" Super interesting discussion on today's podcast, check it out here ⤵️

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 2y ago

🆕 Rethinking evidence and refocusing on growth in development economics In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Lant Pritchett (@lsepress.bsky.social) discusses the overreliance on rigorous evidence, and need to focus on economic growth, in development economics: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

New CGD blog alert! The global extreme poverty line is on its last legs. But the problem is there is no really good alternative to it. www.cgdev.org/blog/global-...

The Global Poverty Line: Past, Present and Future

It is easy to forget how young the global poverty line still is. In this blog Ranil Dissanayake explores three sets of challenges in the measurement and use of the international poverty line, and cons...

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