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Insurance for Vulnerable Families Cuts Rural Poverty and the Cost of Aid by Half

A new study using advanced economic modeling has found that adding insurance for families who are not yet poor is the most responsive and cost-effective way to reduce total poverty.

Still Holding up Half the Sky: Development Research by Women, for Women

For this International Women’s Day on March 8th, we highlight some of the critical innovations the MRR Innovation Lab is supporting to help women in vulnerable rural communities mitigate the risks they face.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Feed the Future Research on Rural Resilience

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build a pathway to improving life for all people while safeguarding the environment in which we all live. A critical part of this work is to build opportunities for rural families whose lives and livelihoods have always been the most vulnerable.

MRR Innovation Lab 2021 Call for Proposals for Research on Food Security and Resilience

The MRR Innovation Lab invites researchers at U.S. universities to submit proposals for research projects that develop or test innovative ways to promote food security and resilience worldwide.

How Digital Technology Is Reshaping Rural Microfinance

A new paper explores how digital technologies like mobile phones and satellites have created new ways for rural families in developing countries to access savings, credit and insurance. The paper also explains the need to ensure that these services do not reproduce or amplify existing inequalities.

New Research in Kenya Tests Digital Advisories to Promote Resilience in Farming Communities

New research in Kenya is testing whether a government program that provides farmers weather and market information via SMS text message promotes climate change adaptation and increases in overall productivity and resilience.

Advances in Modeling and Sensors Can Help Farmers and Insurers Manage Risk

A new paper co-authored by MRR Innovation Lab director Michael Carter charts how recent advances in crop modeling and remote sensing can help insurers improve the quality of index insurance for small-scale farmers in developing countries.

Accelerating Research on Resilience for Rural Families Worldwide

In 2020 the MRR Innovation Lab launched new research projects and initiatives that establish a foundation for impact in the years to come. Check out some of our 2020 highlights.

Can Rural Development Programs Build Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

New research supported by USAID is learning whether investments in broadly based resilience helps families to withstand even this completely unexpected and global shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Feed the Future ALL-IN 2020 Call for Research Grant Proposals

The Feed the Future Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) program has opened its 2020 call for research proposals from researchers at African institutions to advance host country leadership in defining and implementing research projects.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

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Insurance for Vulnerable Families Cuts Rural Poverty and the Cost of Aid by Half

Still Holding up Half the Sky: Development Research by Women, for Women

The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Feed the Future Research on Rural Resilience

MRR Innovation Lab 2021 Call for Proposals for Research on Food Security and Resilience

How Digital Technology Is Reshaping Rural Microfinance

New Research in Kenya Tests Digital Advisories to Promote Resilience in Farming Communities

Advances in Modeling and Sensors Can Help Farmers and Insurers Manage Risk

Accelerating Research on Resilience for Rural Families Worldwide

Can Rural Development Programs Build Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Feed the Future ALL-IN 2020 Call for Research Grant Proposals

How Climate Change Is Punishing the World's Poor

The Standard Features ALL-IN Initiative to Promote Africa-based Research Leadership

Chicago Council on Global Affairs Features Michael Carter on Resilience+

Borgen Magazine Features the MRR Innovation Lab

VoxDev Features Research from Mozambique on Temporary Subsidies