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Analysis: Vaccines Given in Last 20 Years Could Prevent 50 Million Deaths in LMICs
New research, led by the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium, including researchers at Imperial College London, assessed the impact of vaccination activities against 10 infectious diseases across 112 countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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Research that Embraces the Messiness of Real Life: How an Innovative, Tech-Enabled Survey Method is Revealing the True Feelings of the Bottom Billion
Of any population in the world, the poor are the least likely to feel free to speak their minds, which makes it difficult to use surveys to understand and meet their unique needs. Daryl Collins, and Carolina de Miranda and Laura Morínigo of Fundación Capital, explore how tech-enabled research methods can provide a solution to this dilemma. They share how a unique, WhatsApp-based survey approach has helped Fundación Capital understand the nuanced meaning behind the responses of women who participated in a gender norms-focused messaging campaign in Paraguay.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Analysis: COVID-19 Socioeconomic Impact Worsens For Refugees in Uganda
The post-COVID-19 recovery for refugees will be fragile, amidst a projected return to growth for Uganda in 2021.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Wild West of ESG Reporting: A New Report Finds a Disturbing Lack of Standards and Transparency
Businesses around the globe have been embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting to demonstrate responsible corporate citizenship and attract investors. But as David A. Fuscus of Xenophon Strategies, Inc. explains, this data is often inconsistently reported and unaudited, and nearly impossible to compare across companies. He shares the results of a recent survey on corporate reporting, and explores how widely used standards and increased transparency could better gauge a company’s actual progress toward more sustainable and responsible practices.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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As Impact Investing Gains Pace, Crisil Launches ESG Scores of Companies
As impact investing gains pace, rating agency Crisil Ltd has launched its environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores for 225 companies across 18 sectors in India.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Impending Luang Prabang Dam Sparks Unesco Heritage Impact Assessment
Despite known challenges, and concerns from both Unesco and environmentalists, the Luang Prabang dam construction moves inevitably forward
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: 9 in 10 Want Flexible Pay: Impact of Earned Wage Access Revealed in a New Study From Wagestream, 60 Decibels
The impact of Earned Wage Access—whereby employers remove extended, locked pay cycles and return to more flexible pay cycles—has been revealed, in the industry’s first in-depth impact assessment.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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Bringing Impact Data Out of the Dark: Why Impact Investors Need Harmonized Reporting Platforms to Reach Their Goals
Impact reporting today is inconsistent, unverified and locked up in information silos, with multiple, competing reporting platforms and methodologies. As Adam S. Bendell of Toniic explains, this makes it difficult for impact investors to compare and maximize the positive net impact of their investments. The key to solving this dilemma, he says, is to develop an interoperable ecosystem for reporting impact data. He shares four ways the sector could move toward this goal, building a system in which investors can easily compare impact performance across their portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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