Sep 8, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
The ultra-poor graduation approach has one of the strongest evidence bases in development. Almost all of that evidence comes from NGO delivery – but true scale typically requires government delivery…
Stephanie BrockerhoffGuestOliver HannawayHostHundreds of millions of people live in the extremist conditions of poverty and often much of what we discuss at VoxDev, standard programs like microfinance, skills training, agricultural extension, can actually miss those at the very bottom of the income distribution.
There is one approach that, based on the existing evidence, promises to be particularly effective at both reaching that group and helping to lift them out of poverty.
But can it be delivered at scale to match the scale of poverty in our world today? Welcome to Ideas in Development, a VoxDev podcast on economic policy and research.
I'm Oliver Hany, the Managing Editor here at VoxDev, and my guest today is Stephanie Brockerhoff, who is the Director for Program Design and Impact for BRAC's UltraPoor Graduation Initiative.
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