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Press Release: Fiera Capital Invests in World Bank Sustainable Development Bond
This is the latest example of the World Bank's engagement with investors around specific development challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"). Through this engagement, the World Bank and Fiera Capital are raising awareness for SDG 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, and SDG 14, Life Below Water.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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How To Design A Female-Friendly Toilet
Interviewing 312 girls in three provinces in Pakistan, the researchers found toilets showed "gender-insensitive design," lacked disposal options for menstrual products and were unsafely located.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Rwanda’s Trash Warrior Tackles E-Waste With Blockchain
his week, the 19-year-old will join climate activist Greta Thunberg at the U.N. Youth Climate Summit in New York as one of 100 selected young people offering solutions on climate change.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Storytelling as a Strategy: What Entrepreneurs Can Gain from Crafting a Compelling Narrative
As Steven Spielberg once said, cinema’s power of persuasion is shown by getting “everybody to clap at the same time.” Likewise, successful entrepreneurs must also tell stories with persuasion and purpose, says Ami Dalal at FINCA Ventures. She explores how effective storytelling can help an enterprise build its brand and attract investors, customers and talent, and shares two essential approaches to help early-stage companies craft compelling narratives.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Investing, WASH
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Report: India Will Soon Run out of Water; ‘Extremely High’ Crisis Level
India, ranked 13 on Aqueduct's list of "extremely highly" water stressed countries, has more than three times the population of the other 16 countries in this category combined, the report said.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- emerging markets, WASH, water
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Chennai’s Drought Has Tough Lessons for Asia’s Economies
When foreign companies ponder investing in emerging markets, they tend to pay attention to a relatively narrow range of factors and regulations which affect their ability to do business. India's water problems are now sufficiently dire to merit inclusion in that list.
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- Environment, WASH
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- South Asia
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Nigeria Needs A More Effective Sanitation Strategy – Here Are Some Ideas
In November last year, Nigeria declared that its water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector was in crisis.
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- WASH
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The Hard Reality of Sanitation: Why Public Sector Support is Key to Entrepreneurial Success in Emerging Markets
Roughly 2.3 billion people lack basic sanitation, and over half the global population lack a safely managed service. This spells opportunity for social entrepreneurs – but as Sam Drabble at Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor points out, these businesses face huge systemic challenges and cannot succeed without support. He highlights some solutions that could boost these companies' chances of success.
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- Entrepreneurship, WASH
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