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At Senate Testimony, USAID Administrator Samantha Power commends a poverty reduction program piloted in #Uganda for its impressive impact and scalability. The program named is AVSI Foundation’s “Graduating to Resilience” Activity.      We're proud to announce the success of our “Graduating to Resilience” Activity, which has transformed the livelihoods of over 13,000 households in Uganda by moving families from #poverty to sustainable self-reliance.      USAID Administrator Samantha Power praised the activity’s efficacy and potential for global scalability in her comments to the Senate. She highlighted its high efficacy and scalability, illustrating how a sequenced blend of supports—ranging from training to financial services—enables refugees to shift from dependency on #humanitarianaid to sustainable self-reliance.      "For every dollar invested, households are seeing over four times the return in economic benefits," noted Administrator Power. Motivated by these compelling outcomes, USAID is now poised to replicate this model in other countries, aiming to broaden the impact and continue breaking cycles of poverty globally.      🔗 Discover more about the impact of the Graduating to Resilience Activity here: https://lnkd.in/ekt5pamC      #PovertyAlleviation #HumanitarianInnovation #SustainableDevelopment #USAID #ResilienceBuilding #AVSI -- Trickle Up American Institutes for Research Giampaolo Silvestri Jacqueline Aldrette

The Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems (DREAMS) for Refugees Program implemented by #MercyCorps in #Uganda and Village Enterprise provides an innovative solution to drive #refugee self-reliance and promotes durable solutions in protracted displacement and humanitarian need. The program is being implemented in Bidibidi and Rhino camp settlements. An evidence brief titled 'Bridging Poverty Graduation and Market Systems Development" has been released by the program in order to showcase DREAMS' innovative approach to refugee self-reliance and durable solutions. The brief highlights evidence in the following key areas: 1. Improved livelihoods for vulnerable households 2. Enhanced poverty graduation through Market Systems Development 3. Strengthened private sector partnerships and market engagement 4. Gender and social inclusion 5. Sustainable market systems for graduate businesses Download the report via https://lnkd.in/de9vS2UE #refugeemonth #DREAMSforRefugees

USAID Administrator Samantha Power Commends a poverty reduction program piloted in Uganda for Exceptional Impact and Scalability. It is AVSI’s “Graduating to Resilience” Activity.      We're proud to announce the success of our “Graduating to Resilience” Activity, which has transformed the livelihoods of over 13,000 households in Uganda by moving families from poverty to sustainable self-reliance.      This week, USAID Administrator Samantha Power commended the activity’s efficacy and potential for global scalability in her Senate testimony. She praised its high efficacy and scalability, illustrating how a sequenced blend of supports—ranging from training to financial services—enables refugees to shift from dependency on #humanitarianaid to sustainable self-reliance.      "For every dollar invested, households are seeing over four times the return in economic benefits," noted Administrator Power. Motivated by these compelling outcomes, USAID is now poised to replicate this model in other countries, aiming to broaden the impact and continue breaking cycles of poverty globally.      🔗 Discover more about the impact of the Graduating to Resilience Activity here: https://lnkd.in/ekt5pamC      #PovertyAlleviation #HumanitarianInnovation #SustainableDevelopment #USAID #ResilienceBuilding #AVSI AVSI-USA Trickle Up American Institutes for Research Giampaolo Silvestri Jacqueline Aldrette

The benefits of integrating #inclusion, #protection, and #education programs with #livelihood projects are multifaceted and significant. Inclusion #protection and #education programs combined with #livelihood projects can create a robust foundation for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. They not only address immediate economic needs but also work towards long-term societal benefits by empowering individuals and strengthening communities Here are some key advantages: #Economic Empowerment: Such programs often aim to increase the incomes and assets of the most vulnerable groups, particularly focusing on women’s economic empowerment. #Sustainable Livelihoods: They facilitate access to sustainable livelihoods, helping individuals and communities to become self-reliant and resilient. #Resilience to Shocks: By providing coordinated, multidimensional interventions, these programs boost the resilience of households and communities to cope with shocks and climate change. #Education and Skills Training: Education programs within these projects can offer skills training that leads to employment opportunities, further enhancing economic stability. #Social Cohesion: They promote social cohesion by bringing together different segments of society, fostering mutual understanding and cooperation. Evidence-Based Policy Making: These programs support evidence-based decision-making, which can lead to more effective and efficient policies and interventions. Livelihood Impact Fund #Livelihood Education Cannot Wait (ECW) EDC (Education Development Center) Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies #Education Plan International Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) Global Protection Cluster #Protection #Inclusion #Social_Cohesion #Peace_building Nonviolent Peaceforce UNDP UNDP Iraq UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency United Nations

In Africa, co-op leaders are encouraging the government to create policies that favor cooperatives in pursuit of a "sustainable" continent. Their goals include the elimination of poverty and the creation of social cohesion, issues they believe can be rectified by cooperatives that strengthen government and economic structures. Leaders also stated that co-ops have the potential to encourage human development by promoting democratic practices, inclusion, and equity within Africa's extremely diverse population. #Cooperatives #Coops #EconomicInclusion

Research Spotlight: Adolescent Refugees in #Rwanda Adolescents are often overlooked in refugee research, leaving gaps in understanding their lives. In Rwanda, we've delved into the experiences of adolescent refugees, shedding light on their challenges. The findings discussed in this chapter, reveal the limited participation of adolescents in decision-making and the profound impact of gender norms on their education and psychosocial wellbeing. Adolescent mothers face heightened vulnerabilities due to social stigma. Investing in the lives of these young refugees, especially mothers-to-be, promises lasting benefits. Let's ensure their voices are heard and their needs are met for a brighter future. #RefugeeRights #EmpowerYouth https://ow.ly/mK5k50RnPM9

I am excited to share my new article “Child Poverty Among Refugees,” co-authored with Theresa Beltramo, Rosella Calvi, and Giacomo De Giorgi, published at World Development Journal. (50 days of free access for everyone https://lnkd.in/eqr3MyYN) In essence, we study intra-household resource allocation in refugee settings, compute poverty rates, and identify the top child poverty predictors by using a supervised machine learning algorithm. As forced displacement can lead to a reorganization of a family’s structure, we use a structural model in combination with data from refugee camps and surrounding communities in Uganda and Kenya to estimate the allocation of consumption within families. We compute poverty rates that account for intra-household inequality, finding that refugee children can be up to three times more likely to be poor than adults. So, refugee children not only suffer from the experience of forced migration, but also from potentially low nutrition and a disproportionately higher poverty risk. Using a supervised machine learning algorithm, we show that a small set of observable traits, such as a child’s age, household composition, and access to sanitation and clean water, predict child poverty in refugee settlements and surrounding communities remarkably well, often better than per-capita household expenditure.

A new study from Uganda, explores how water and food insecurity along with socio-ecological stressors like poverty, gender norms amplifies the exposure to violence among refugee youth in urban low- and middle-income contexts. To learn more about how socio ecological factors coupled with water and food insecurity affect exposure to violence among youth in urban refugee settings, a cross sectional survey was conducted with urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda. The study identified water insecurity, concurrent food, water, housing insecurity, and parenthood as social-ecological stressors associated with higher odds of reporting sexual IPV; whereas food insecurity and parenthood as factors were linked with reporting physical IPV. Read more at https://lnkd.in/ekKUjQCM

Great news! 😀 👨💻 Our Ministery of Development and Social Inclusion (#MIDIS, for its acronym in Spanish) has recognize my research on multidimensional poverty with a mention in the contest for research completed by young Peruvians. I'm delighted to share this recognition with talented young Peruvian researchers like Josue Marcial Benites Garnique and other alumni from #PUCP. https://lnkd.in/eWMSeQSX I'm pleased to share with you the abstract of my research, along with a key figure (Dimensional contribution to multidimensional poverty of each dimension and corresponding dimensional weights). My findings indicate that certain non-conventional, yet arguably significant, well-being dimensions make the most substantial contributions to multidimensional poverty in Peru. This suggests that, while these dimensions are not typically included in the conventional literature concerning multidimensional poverty measurement in Low and Middle Income countries, they should be taken into account when assessing multidimensional poverty in Peru.  Abstract: I develop a comprehensive, policy-relevant and individual-based measure of multidimensional poverty applied to a middle-income Latin American country: the Comprehensive Multidimensional Poverty Index for Peru (C-MPI-P). The C-MPI-P is conceptually grounded in Amartya Sen’s capability approach and is based on the axiomatic counting method of poverty identification and aggregation developed by Alkire and Foster. I estimate the C-MPI-P taking advantage of a well-being specialised survey collected by #IDHAL and IOP in late 2018 in Peru, which included novel data on individual achievements across 12 well-being dimensions, information on the value that respondents place upon each of these dimensions, and on self-perceived poverty. I use this information to calibrate two key parameters of the C-MPI-P: the dimensional weights (w), and the poverty threshold (k). The C-MPI-P identifies a person as experiencing poverty if she suffers deprivations in approximately four out of 12 weighted dimensions (k=34%). I estimate that in 2018 almost one in four Peruvian people aged 18 or over lived in multidimensional poverty. I also find significant disparities in terms of poverty incidence –proportion of people living in multidimensional poverty–, especially between the rural and urban population, and indigenous and non-indigenous people. My main results are robust to different values for k and to weighting schemes that affect the dimensional structure of the C-MPI-P.

Successful implementation of initiatives in rural communities is often influenced heavily by community leaders and project stake holders. Without their full cooperation, many children will miss out on the opportunity to learn and acquire on time, life skills and foundational knowledge in literacy and numeracy. This is why we take smart and relentless approaches to garner local stakeholders' buy-in to accomplish our goals for our education and development initiatives at Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi). By doing this, we continue to explore alternative solutions to empower the most vulnerable children. Project Educate All (PEA) is an initiative of the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), under the leadership of Hajiya Imaam Sulieman-Ibrahim Fsi. 📸: AREAi x Dawali David #AREAi #AREAi4Africa #WithRefugees #LearningWithoutBarriers #FastTrack #PEA #IDPCamps #EmpoweringLives #LiteracyForEveryChild #Literacy #Numeracy #DSA #DigitalSkillsAccelerator #EducationForAll #ImpactForChange #EducationChampions #EducationForAfrica #EducationInIDPs