A Year after Pakistan’s Deluge - How community-centric public works are supporting the most vulnerable

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Investments in the early years have been proven to be among the most cost-effective ways of improving life outcomes and reducing inequality of opportunity. The recently-published Pakistan Human…

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In the summer of 2022, unusually intense monsoon rains – exacerbated by climate change - caused a super flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, affecting some 33 million people. While all four…

In Pakistan, a country with one of the largest gender gaps in the world, women are bringing change to the emergency rescue service.