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Viewpoint: How to Save Vital Remittances to the Developing World
The remittance safety net is under threat from job losses in sectors heavily dependent on migrant labor, and any proposal that the G20 nations maintain remittance flows would probably meet with derisive laughter; it would be tantamount to demanding that foreign countries bankroll the developing world’s non-existent safety nets. So the question is, what can be done?
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- employment, remittances
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Viewpoint: The Great Reset After COVID-19 Must Put People First
Ventilators, masks and other personal protective equipment are urgently needed, but alongside these efforts, deep structural reforms predicated on putting “people and the planet” at centre stage and supported by social movements are the necessary building blocks for transformation.
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- Coronavirus
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Visa On The Role of ‘Super Apps’ In Driving Emerging Market Growth
Bringing digital finance to emerging markets like MENA is crucial, as micro merchants of one to two people, often underbanked or unbanked, drive these regional economies. Many are from one country and working in another, sending money cross-border to people back home.
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- Finance, Technology
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Impact Investors Retreat as Global Shutdown, Social Unrest Raise Fears and Uncertainty
Social-impact investing may not begin to recover until after investors get a sense of how the pandemic will play out this quarter, Silver Leaf’s Scanlon says.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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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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Kenyans Embrace E-Gifting as COVID-19 Curtails Gatherings
As Kenya continues its fight against COVID-19, Kenyans have been forced to change their lifestyles in one way or another.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce
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Kenya and Nigeria Are Saving Millions of Dollars With Local Exchanges to Boost Internet Speeds
Having more local points will ensure faster traffic exchanges and translate to better experiences for end users by cutting down on latency.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Digital Solutions Key in Boosting Uganda’s COVID-19 Health Response, Aiding Faster Economic Recovery
With the economic impact of COVID-19, locusts and floods, the report warns that more than one million Ugandans could fall into poverty due to economic hardship and a lack of alternative means of survival.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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