Living on less than two dollars a day, 2.7 billion people are barely able to make ends meet on a daily basis. When the crop fails that year, when a family member falls sick and needs hospitalization or medicine, or when a hurricane destroys the family home, there rarely is any safety net provided by the government to address these unforeseen challenges. When extended family cannot provide assistance, the result can be a level of indebtedness that drives the family into extreme poverty. Putting in place preventative measures to mitigate the impact of shocks is essential to providing hope and lifting individuals and communities out of the poverty cycle.

Moderator:

Patrice Martin, Co-Lead and Creative Director, IDEO.org
Jocelyn Wyatt, Co-Lead and Executive Director, IDEO.org

Participants:

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC
Walter A. Bell, Chairman of the Board, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

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