Social Safety Nets: Lessons from Rich and Poor Countries
April 2009, Featured Article (non-technical)

• Social safety nets can help stabilize economies as well as help poor people
• The two stars of social protection: conditional cash transfers and guaranteed relief work
• Details of program design and implementation are crucial to success.

New Global Poverty Estimates
Fall 2008  Poverty rates are higher than previously thought. But there is also evidence of continual decline in poverty since the early 1980s. Research Digest (non-technical) 

The Consequences of Child Labor
Fall 2008  Evidence from longitudinal data in rural Tanzania shows that child labor has consequences that carry over into adulthood. Research Digest (non-technical) 

China's success against poverty: Lessons for Africa?
May 2008  China’s role as an investor and donor in Africa is much scrutinized. While private investment and aid flows from China may benefit Africa’s poor, what might be more significant are the lessons for Africa from China’s success in fighting poverty back home.
Web Article (non-technical) 

Investing Back Home: Return Migration and Business Ownership in Albania
March 6, 2008  Recent research indicates Albanian households with higher exposure to past migration experience are more likely to invest in a small business upon the completion of their “migration cycle.”
Web Brief (technical) 

Improving Malnutrition through Behavioral Change: Lessons from Madagascar
Jan 11, 2008   A recent impact evaluation study of a community based nutrition program in Madagascar shows that malnutrition can be improved over the short- and long-term when mothers participate in community health programs that promote behavioral change in nutrition, feeding, and hygiene practices.
Web Brief (technical)