Lindsay Coates is managing director of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative. Lindsay leads BRAC’s advocacy agenda to leave no one behind using effective, innovative, and multidimensional approaches to change the lives of the most marginalized people. She is also responsible for its learning agenda and technical assistance activities worldwide in the 10+ countries where BRAC is currently implementing or assisting with graduation programs.
Despite remarkable strides in poverty reduction, there is a bleak picture below the surface when we disaggregate the numbers and deepen our understanding of the lives of the world's poorest people.
