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Analysis: Rural India Sinks Deeper into Debt as COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to their villages, and ever higher levels of debt.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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Analysis: Why Africa’s Push to Make Vaccines Should Look Further Than COVID-19
It’s unlikely that vaccine manufacturing will offer Africa a quick fix for COVID-19. Countries on the continent are grappling with a diverse array of challenges.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nonprofits, vaccines
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Analysis: How Collaborations with Social Entrepreneurs Are Helping to Make the SDGs a Reality
Social innovators are tackling some of the world’s greatest threats – and by working more collaboratively, are shifting the entire landscape of the social change sector.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Global
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- philanthropy, SDGs
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Analysis: World MSME Day 2021: Putting MSMEs at the Heart of Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery
Although some firms have been able to do well, across the board, MSMEs are reeling under the pandemic with widespread losses in terms of sales, profits and employment.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing, MSMEs
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Press Release: US $290 Million in Additional Financing to Support Vulnerable Households and Workers Affected by COVID-19 in Jordan
The World Bank has approved additional financing for the Emergency Cash Transfer COVID-19 Response Project to provide cash support to poor and vulnerable households and workers affected by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- North Africa & Near East
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Backing Grows for New IMF COVID and Climate Fund
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva this month proposed the new trust to allow rich countries to channel some of their new IMF reserves to poor and middle-income counterparts ravaged by COVID or climate change.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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- Global
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Analysis: Poorer Nations Bear Brunt of Global Development Fund Dry Up: UN
The World Investment Report 2021 (PDF) found that the coronavirus pandemic rolled back progress made in ensuring that least developed countries and those with weaker economies have access to foreign investment funds.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs
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WHO is Supporting South African Consortium to Establish First COVID mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines