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Report: Research Explores the Impacts of Mobile Phones for Maasai Women
Mobile phones have the power to change the lives of women living in remote communities by reducing barriers to information and increasing access to local economies. However, the introduction of new technologies can hamper efforts to empower women by increasing disparities in power dynamics.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Securing Property and Land Rights in India
Secure property rights are fundamental to the economic and social development of any country. However, in India, we are faced with a curious conundrum where more than 70 percent of a household’s assets are held in land and housing, yet there is insufficient data and research on people’s property rights.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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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
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Press Release: New Report Shows How to Use the Sustainable Development Goals to Build Back Better After COVID-19
New York, 30 June 2020 - Today, the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2020, including the SDG Index and Dashboards, was released. It was written by lead author Jeffrey Sachs and a team of independent experts working at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and published by Cambridge University Press.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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