• How FinTech can tackle global poverty

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    October 19, 2016 - Bank accounts. Credit cards. Loans. For more than two billion people around the world, these basic financial tools are out of reach.

  • Cautionary tales of complex causation: Qualitative and mixed method impact assessment of climate change and livelihood transformations in Africa

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    October 20, 2016 - We have a treasure chest of qualitative methods to draw upon in assessing multiple contributions to social and development goals. These include realist evaluation, contribution analysis, process tracing and participatory learning and action. But weak incentives and poor practice can easily undermine their credibility and cost-effectiveness.

  • Bringing migration home: International reporting in an interconnected world

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    Last year, millions of people left their homes and moved to a new country. Seeking opportunities, seeking refuge, seeking a new future. This year, global forces like poverty, climate change, and conflict will keep driving people across borders. What are their stories? And how will their stories be told?

  • Growing Gains – Advancing Early Childhood Development

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    By the time you finish reading this sentence, a newborn baby’s brain will form thousands of new neural connections. This newborn’s mind and those of the next generation are crucial to the future of our planet, shaping and building what comes next for the global community.

  • Executive Masterclass: Measurement in Impact Investing

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    The field of impact investing – investments intended to generate social and environmental impact along with financial return—has seen unprecedented growth in the past 10 years. In developing and developed countries alike, impact investing has encouraged disruptive innovation and helped foster a new generation of entrepreneurs committed to resolving key social issues like sustainable agriculture, affordable healthcare, and access to finance.

  • Measuring Success: A showcase on best practices and innovations in monitoring, evaluation, and learning

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    Are you interested in learning about new ideas and best practices used by Canadian international development organizations in monitoring, evaluation and learning? Many organizations face similar challenges when it comes to monitoring progress, measuring impact, and learning from past experiences.

  • Reducing Violent Extremism: What Works?

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    Fifteen years into the "Global War on Terror," governments continue to struggle to contain the threat of violent extremism. Despite