May 2016
IMPACT is a new monthly insight into how Palladium delivers positive impact throughout the world. We'll be sharing highlights from projects, communities and our colleagues across the globe.

For regular updates on our International Development work follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and at #InDevelopment. 
How can we create a sustainable market for health solutions in India?

'Quality of care in the private sector can rapidly improve a population's health outcomes'.

Our Ujjwal project is partnering with social enterprise ayzh to scale up maternal and newborn health solutions through the private sector in some of India's lowest resource settings.  
Findings from a political economy analysis of the East African Community

Craig Mathieson from our Governance Practice explores the drivers and constraints of EAC economic integration in a recent report with the European Centre for Development Policy Management.  
Positive impact for Bangladeshi factory workers

'The key objective of the program is to train people into skills that give them a higher market value'.

Sudokkho's Team Leader Paul Weijers discusses this and other plans for addressing the skills gap in Bangladesh's Ready Made Garment factory industry in a radio interview (fast forward to 18:50 for the full interview) with Behind the Thread .  
Barriers and opportunities in Indonesia's public health system
 
'RCA is quite a simple idea. It's about listening to people in their own context'.

In a recent study commissioned by the World Bank, DFAT, and other stakeholders, Reality Check Approach explores the multiple realities of Indonesia's poor and the essential health service providers that support them.


Can business transform the lives of poor and vulnerable girls?  

'There is no other project in the world that is revaluing girls in the business picture'.

SPRING's second round of applications is now open for innovative entrepreneurs and businesses in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
#InDevelopment - Investing in Agribusiness  

' Success for agribusiness SMEs means sending more children to school and stimulating the economy in order to help lift communities out of poverty for the long term - positive impact worth pursuing'.

Virginia Schippers, a  Palladium economic growth expert, discusses how donors can help support sustainable investment in agribusiness SMEs beyond simply 'plugging the investment gap'.