Inspirational filmmaking to raise women’s voice and agency in the construction of assets for climate resilience in India
Compelling personal stories as a learning and motivational tool.
Compelling personal stories as a learning and motivational tool.
A new project focuses on building resilience.
Stakeholders grapple with rapid change.
How can trainings help to overcome social and economic barriers?
Useful approaches to heading off shocks.
Challenges and opportunities for women to engage in more profitable work.
Impacts of cash assistance programs reach beyond spending power.
Insights into resilience, well-being, and trust in institutions.
Women with greater ambition tend to have more power within households.
As COVID-19 pandemic disruptions continue, policies should address shifting effects.
Insights on buttressing women's roles in political decision making.
Working outside the home typically doesn't lead to reduced domestic responsiblities.
Key social services are often neglected when local governments run support programs, research in Ethiopia shows.
Rural residents face a distinct set of pandemic challenges.
A special issue of World Development examines when and how access to information helps improve local services.
Research in Kyrgyzstan shows that individual ambition and women's empowerment are linked.
While political competition is generally accepted as good for democracy, research finds it can inhibit government service delivery in newer democracies lacking strong political parties and governing institutions, like Mali.
Addressing troubling emerging challenges to the global development agenda.
A cash program in Tanzania boosted villagers' confidence in local leaders and institutions.