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Press Release: New Global Tracker to Measure Pandemic’s Impact on Education Worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have partnered to create a COVID-19 – Global Education Recovery Tracker.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- vaccines
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Analysis: Can Infrastructure Projects Drive Emerging Markets’ COVID-19 Recoveries?
Many emerging markets are turning towards infrastructure projects to stimulate the economic recovery from the coranvirus pandemic, with a particular focus on green and sustainable developments.
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- Coronavirus
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- infrastructure, SDGs, transportation
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Lancôme Launches Global Sustainability Program
Lancôme has launched its first global sustainability program, named Caring Together for a Happier Tomorrow, with a focus on biodiversity and social inclusion.
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- Agriculture
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India’s Adani Green Energy to Buy 300 Megawatts of Operational Solar Projects
Continuing its aggressive growth, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies — Adani Green Energy — has plans to acquire two large-scale solar power projects.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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COVID Fallout ‘Undermining Nature Conservation Efforts’
Covid-19 is taking a "severe toll" on conservation efforts, with multiple environmental protections being rolled back, according to research.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda’s Space Program Starts Taking Shape
Uganda is set to launch its first satellite in outer space in a national space program by 2022 a revelation which was initially made in November 2019 by the ministry of science, technology, and innovations (MoSTI).
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Grants a $3 Million Euros Loan to Pahal in Favour of Financial Inclusion in India
The microfinance sector has become a key instrument to fight financial exclusion in the country by providing financial and non-financial services to people excluded from the banking system.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Combining Green Banks and National Funds to Boost Climate Financing in Africa
The African Development Bank has partnered with the Climate Investment Funds to release a scoping report highlighting the impact of combining green banks and national climate funds to accelerate green financing.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change
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