Microfinance, a ground-breaking idea for providing access to finance to the poor, was first introduced and developed in Bangladesh in the 1970s. Since then, it has spread all over the […]
Social science research
for COVID-19 action
for COVID-19 action
The Covid Collective offers a rapid social science research response to inform decision-making on some of the most pressing Covid-19 related development challenges.
The cost-of-living crisis: what can we learn from community-led responses to Covid-19?
Sharp increases in the cost of living – especially rises in food and energy prices – are happening across the world, pushing many into poverty and hitting the poorest the hardest. In […]
Charting pathways to zero poverty amidst complex crises
Can progress on poverty eradication be rescued? The World Bank has recently called for course correction but their fiscal recovery-focused blueprint is only part of the solution given the scale of the […]
Covid Collective project publications
You can access all the papers and articles generated by Covid Collective research projects from our digital repository collection in OpenDocs.