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Pandemic Sends 4.7 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty in South East Asia – Asian Development Bank
The pandemic added 4.7 million more people to Southeast Asia's most extreme poor in 2021, reversing gains made in fighting poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Analysis: How Drug Companies Are Sidestepping the WHO’s Technology Transfer Hub in Africa
Once the platform has been fully developed and tested in Cape Town, it will facilitate technology transfer to at least 12 low- and middle-income countries.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID Has Intensified Gender Inequalities, Global Study Finds
Researchers find women hit harder by negative social and economic impacts of the pandemic than men.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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Understanding COVID-19’s Impact on PAYGo Solar: Data From a Pioneering Study Reveals Key Insights About the Sector’s Financial Sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on PAYGo solar, causing up to 23 million people and 600,000 enterprises to miss out on improved energy access. Drew Corbyn at GOGLA, Bill Gallery at IFC and Roan Borst at Triple Jump share the results of a first-of-its-kind study that measured the impact of the crisis on the sector’s financial performance, based on data collected from 13 PAYGo solar companies. They discuss what these findings mean for the industry as it works to emerge from the pandemic’s ongoing disruptions.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Finance, Impact Assessment
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$150 Million Asian Development Bank Loan to Support Green Recovery, Catalyze Financing Toward SDGs in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $150 million loan to support a facility aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and catalyzing public and private funds to support green and bankable infrastructure projects.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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- South Asia
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NextBillion’s 2022 Reader and Guest Writer Survey: Share Your Views and Help Shape Our Coverage
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WHO Tech-Transfer Hub Uses Moderna Data to Make mRNA Covid Vaccine in South Africa
Afrigen is part of the mRNA technology-transfer hub, an initiative set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year to develop the vaccine manufacturing capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- coronavirus, global health, healthcare, LMICs, tech, vaccines
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The Key Ingredients of COVID-19 Adaptation: How Non-Profits Leveraged Flexible Funding to Navigate the Pandemic
In October 2020, Instiglio, an anonymous donor and the Global Development Incubator launched the COVID-19 Adaptation Fund, which supported the efforts of nine non-profits in Kenya and Rwanda to adapt their programming to the challenges of the pandemic. These non-profits recently shared their experiences utilizing the funding, and Mateo Zárate and Sebastian Chaskel at Instiglio highlight some key takeaways that can be useful to other impact-focused organizations working to maintain services during the pandemic – and prepare for future crises.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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