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Press Release: A First-of-Its-Kind USD $1,500,000 Philanthropic Pooled Fund Created to Strengthen Healthcare Systems in Southeast Asia
Solutions providing better access and delivery to a range of primary healthcare services will
be awarded unrestricted operational grants.- Categories
- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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- philanthropy
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Mastercard, Mercado Libre, Common Cents Lab, and IDB Join Forces to Improve Financial Resilience Among Entrepreneurs and Gig Workers
While the pandemic has upended our personal finance habits, small changes in our routine can make a big difference.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: How Digital Payment Systems Can Boost Bangladesh’s Push to Meet the SDGs
As we grapple with the challenges presented by the pandemic, Bangladesh continues to clock impressive growth and is in fact an outlier in the global economic scenario.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech, SDGs
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Analysis: The COVID-19 Response Has Shown What We Are Capable Of When We Work Together
When India entered into lockdown early in 2020, lives and livelihoods were thrown into disarray. Among those hardest hit were informal waste pickers. Unable to continue working, most lost their income overnight.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: What Is the Argument Against Lifting COVID Vaccine Patents?
The world's major vaccine-producing countries are for the first time opening the door to the suspension of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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- vaccines
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Remittances to Some Emerging Markets Grow in Q1 Despite Pandemic-Induced Headwinds
Georgia, Jordan, Pakistan and Morocco recorded growth in remittances during the first quarter
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: India’s COVID-19 Catastrophe Could Make Global Shortages Even Worse
Hundreds of thousands of new cases are reported every day, and economists are rethinking their forecasts for double-digit growth this year.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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Analysis: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Slow Down a Decade of Youth Development in Africa
Until COVID-19 hit, the quality of life of youth (age 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa had been steadily improving.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- youth