Localization isn't just a buzzword; it's a necessity. In a world where the traditional aid landscape is shifting, focusing on community ownership, local governance, and context-specific policies isn't just ethical—it's the key to building resilient and sustainable futures for the…
4 Keough School researchers investigate how forests can provide not only environmental benefits for communities but also serve as pathways out of poverty. Funded by Notre Dame's Poverty Initiative.
Notre Dame researchers tackle learning poverty through early-grade reading interventions in Kenya, Uganda, and Senegal. The project studies evidence-based approaches to boost functional literacy—a crucial pathway out of poverty.
Alejandro Estefan is an Assistant Professor of Development Economics at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, and a Core Affilaited Faculty within the Pulte Institute for Global Development. His work centers on evaluating the impacts of economic reform and private sector engagement on economic development, with a geographical focus in Latin America. Whether investigating how tax and labor reforms impact taxpayers and workers in Mexico or how digital tools empower women entrepreneurs in Guatemala, Alejandro’s research reflects a keen interest in the complexities of economic systems and their human consequences. He is motivated by a desire to make meaningful contributions to reducing inequality and improving livelihoods.
The research of Santosh Kumar, professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Core Affiliated Faculty within the Pulte Institute, and his colleague Jan-Walter De Neve, founding director of the Doctor of Public Health program at San Diego State University’s Division of Global Health Management and Policy, was featured in the December 20th edition of the "Think Global Health" newsletter, an initiative from the Council on Foreign Relations.
As the world grapples with the accelerating impacts of climate change, disaster preparedness and recovery strategies are shifting to meet the demands of a more volatile and interconnected landscape. Traditional frameworks that treat disasters as isolated events are now outdated in the face of back-to-back catastrophes, where regions barely have time to recover before the next blow. These "compounding disasters" create new challenges, with infrastructure and communities struggling to withstand the cumulative effects. This evolving reality calls for bold, innovative thinking and transformative leadership.
African migrant men working in South Korea are disproportionately harmed by societal pressures to conform to gender norms, according to a new study co-authored by Keough School sociologist Sharon Yoon. The study which was published in Gender, Work & Organization, detailed the experiences of men who work in physically demanding and low-paying jobs.
Water insecurity is one of the most pressing global crises caused by climate change. In fact, half the world’s population is projected to live in water-scarce regions by 2050, and some 700 million people will be displaced by water scarcity as early as 2030, according to the United Nations.
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Weather-related disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and droughts displace about three times as many people as conflicts and violence do worldwide. From 2008 to 2018, around 263 million people were forced by extreme weather events to move within their own countries’ borders, a number that is expected to rise as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters. A new study by University of Notre Dame researcher Sisi Meng shows that environmental governance — policies, rules and norms that govern human behavior and scientific information needed for decision-making — can mitigate this displacement.
Continued, principled U.S. participation and leadership at the U.N. is not simply a diplomatic politesse, but a necessary way forward towards creating a safer, sustainable, more prosperous world.
Current data shows the world is 43 years behind schedule to meet the 2030 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a shared global and domestic agenda intended to improve quality of life for people and the planet.
In recent discussions with Hill policymakers, Pulte Institute researchers emphasized the University’s global impact and commitment to data-driven policy solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges.
The Keough School of Global Affairs will observe the International Day of Peace with two campus events: a prayer service featuring University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on Friday (Sept. 20) and a talk by a Notre Dame graduate who serves in the Sierra Leone government on Tuesday (Sept. 24). Both events are free and open to the public.
On Friday, September 6, 2024, the Pulte Institute hosted "Assessing Drivers of Implementing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in Indiana" on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Paul Perrin, Evidence and Learning Director…
Notre Dame has a long history of outstanding student-athletes being named to All-America teams. The University also has a tradition of honoring exceptional faculty on the football field each fall.
At every home game, Provost John T. McGreevy honors a distinguished member of the faculty as part of the All-Faculty Team. On September 7 during the Northern Illinois game, Ellis Adams, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy within the Keough School of Global Affairs and Core Affiliated Faculty in the Pulte institute, was honored during an on-field ceremony. Last season, William J. Pulte Director Tracy Kijewski-Correa was also selected to the All-Faculty Team.
The Pulte Institute for Global Development is proud to release our 2023-24 Annual Review.
Released at our Pulte Institute Tailgate on Saturday, September 7, this year's edition features our work to end global poverty and ensure sustainability.
Ahead of its 10th Annual Meeting in Rome, the Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Network has launched a new policy brief series aimed at connecting high-quality research to policy discussions at the intersection of forests and livelihoods. The series draws upon a diverse set of expertise within the FLARE community to advance knowledge and action on key current issues relating to climate, biodiversity, poverty, social justice, forest governance and more.
Research from the Language of Instruction Transition in Education Systems (LITES) study, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), tackles this issue directly. A blog post from Pulte Institute Faculty TJ D'Agostino and USAID's Anna Angarola with insghts from the LITES study was recently featured on USAID's Education Links website.
The incidence of low birth weight rose sharply in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Santosh Kumar, associate professor of development and global health economics at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
Sam Gadway, Saad Kamil, Muhindo Malunga, and Valentina Muñoz are in Nigeria to research social cohesion in NGOs and the private sector. Through the i-Lab program, Keough School Master of Global Affairs students spend a summer collecting and coding global development-related data in the field.
In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study, co-authored by a Notre Dame global health economics expert, evaluates the relationship between anemia and school attendance in India, debunking earlier research that could have misguided policy interventions.
Measuring human dignity — assessing various aspects of an individual's well-being, rights, and intrinsic value — is inherently challenging due to its subjective nature. While there isn’t a universally accepted tool for measuring human dignity, the Pulte Institute explores how institutions and individuals demonstrate respect for human dignity.
The Pulte Institute has a long record of bringing together cross-sector academics and researchers from Central America to study the root causes of migration and what can be done to mitigate it at the local level — and to support those forced to flee desperate circumstances.
Sept. 30 marks Canada’s 3rd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Pulte Institute’s inaugural director, Ray Offenheiser, reminds us that reconciliation requires the cooperative building of concrete development opportunities, not simply nice words and public spectacle. It also means economic justice.
It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror.” What the U.S. sold as a grim but necessary surgical strike for democracy and stability in the Middle East worsened the conditions in which women and children live.
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The devastating toll offers a stark reminder of the urgent need for global communities to strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural hazards like typhoons and earthquakes.
In December, Afghanistan’s Taliban regime ordered all non-governmental groups to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. This “gender apartheid” also devastates Afghan hunger and health.
Earthquakes and tsunamis, referred to among humanitarians as “rapid onset disasters,” strike suddenly on a massive scale, leaving widespread death and destruction and overwhelming local and national response capacities.
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At the Pulte Institute, we’re focused on identifying and resolving the systemic causes of the border crisis — versus just dealing with its effects.
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Pulte research staffer Lizzie Dolan walks through the SHARE ecosystems workshop process, and to her experience in Kenya and Cambodia, where some of these workshops were most recently held. SHARE, or Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education, is the largest federally funded grant in Notre Dame's history. Click to read more to learn about our research, and our connections to our local partners and this project.
