Victoria Strokova

Save the date! 📌 Our flagship #UNGA80 event, co-hosted with #Zambia’s @MCDSS_ZAMBIA, will spotlight bold solutions in scaling economic inclusion for women & youth. 📅 Sept 26, 2025 | 1:15–2:30 PM EST 📍 UNHQ RSVP 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Discover how today’s policies either build—or block— "A Ladder of Opportunity: Unlocking Jobs for the Poor" at 9:00 - 10:00 (KST) on June 4th via Zoom. Register Today (~06/02) at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Join me June 4 at the @CTMSSNU Seminar Series as I share how economic inclusion programs can unlock job for the poor—especially women & youth. Let’s scale what works! 🌍 @PEIglobal_org 🕘 9–10am KST | 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #JobsForThePoor #PEI #WorldBank

Launching J-PAL's Evidence Effect: Today, development funding is facing tough questions about its effectiveness, waste, and its very purpose. Meanwhile, nearly 700 million people still live in extreme poverty, and millions more are on the brink. In this moment of uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to focus on what truly works. Having spent almost my entire career working to improve policy with evidence, I know that development spending can and does improves lives in meaningful and measurable ways. That’s why we’re launching The Evidence Effect: an ongoing series spotlighting practical lessons and examples of effective ways to save lives and alleviate poverty. Over the coming weeks, we’ll showcase programs that have made a real difference. My hope is that these insights will help inform the conversations shaping the future of development. I invite you to follow along and share your thoughts on how we can make the most of development spending. Read more and explore the first set of examples in my opening post: povertyactionlab.org/blog/5-12-25/e…

Inside the South-South Learning Forum #SSLF2025 270 + country leaders gathered in Kigali with the @WorldBank, the Govt of Rwanda, PEI & @BRACworld to exchange strategies on scaling economic inclusion programs. Watch the video: youtu.be/KOTz4skzBIs?fe…

Can scaling up #EconomicInclusion programs improve job outcomes for #women and #youth? Yes! Join PEI's Program Manager, @vstrokova, our partners @village_ent, @BRACworld, @FundaCapital, and the @gatesfoundation to learn how. 👇

🙌 Thank you to all who joined us for today’s PEI Open House! 📝 Missed the event or want to dive deeper? 📖 Read our latest blog: peiglobal.org/news/financial…

With aid budgets shrinking, scaling the proven #GraduationApproach is more pressing than ever. 700M people need a pathway out of #poverty. A simplified, evidence-based model that delivers. It's time to invest in what works. bit.ly/3RgsMfP by @heidilinz

📢 Join the PEI Open House! 🗓 March 26 | 9:00 - 10:30am ET 📍 LIVE on Zoom 💡 Hear from experts on how access to a wide range of financial services can equip households to anticipate, adapt, and recover from sudden shocks. 🔗 Register now! bit.ly/PEIOpenHouse #PEIOpenHouse

📢 Join Us for the PEI Open House: From Vulnerability to Resilience 📅 March 26 | 9:00 - 10:30am ET 💻 LIVE on Zoom 🔗 Register now 👇 bit.ly/PEIOpenHouse #EconomicInclusion #FinancialInclusion #Resilience #PovertyReduction #InclusiveGrowth #DigitalFinance #PEIOpenHouse

How can governments drive lasting change for those living in poverty? A learning exchange between the governments of #Ethiopia & #Bihar, India—facilitated by BRAC & @WorldBank —supported learning how to scale #GraduationApproach. Read more: bit.ly/4eqmjs1