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A Pandemic Response Based on Listening: Leveraging Customer Interviews to Understand COVID-19’s Impact in the Developing World
As COVID-19 spread around the world early this year, there was a flurry of data about its impact. But nearly all of it was gathered via online surveys, which omitted the 50% of the global population that lacks internet access. 60 Decibels responded by launching phone surveys with over 10,000 people in 13 developing countries to discuss their challenges and unmet needs. Kat Harrison discusses what they found.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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What’s Holding Back Off-Grid Solar – And How the Energy Access Sector Can Turn Things Around
Off-grid solar energy has become a $1.75 billion annual market, reaching 420 million users over the past decade – yet the sector is not on track to meet SDG7’s energy access targets by 2030. What's holding it back? Analysts at Sustainable Energy for All, Duke University and Solar Sister explore some key barriers to adoption, and how the off-grid solar ecosystem can address them.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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The Ripple Effects of Funding Global Health Innovations: How Philanthropic Capital and Impact Investing are Shaping Markets
The Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge for Development has leveraged nearly $80 million dollars in investment capital over the last decade to fund over 110 innovations targeting the maternal and neonatal health sector in emerging markets. Analysts at Duke University explore the program's impact in India and Kenya, two of the fastest-growing hubs of innovation in their respective regions.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Review of Microfinance Studies Finds Many Flaws, No Conclusions
What do we know about microfinance—often touted as the solution for the economic woes of developing countries? Practically nothing, say researchers from UConn's Department of Agricultural and Resources and Economics.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment
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Press Release: New Data Portal Showcases Timely Data on Sustainable Development
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launches hub for timely data and GIS learning in partnership with Esri and the National Geographic Society.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Viewpoint: The Racist Double Standards of International Development
The claim that we are making 'wonderful progress' against global poverty is a fallacy based on a colonial mindset.
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- Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: The Real Impact of COVID-19 on Emerging Markets
When COVID-19 began to spread uncontrollably, numbers of confirmed cases initially grew most quickly in developed economies across China, Europe and then the US. It took some time to reach the door of some of the world’s most prominent emerging markets but, now it has, the impact is set to be much longer-lasting.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Impact Investing Slowed to a Crawl in 2nd Quarter
Impact investing’s decline accelerated in the second quarter, as the twin blows of COVID-19 and social protests hit the sector in different ways.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment