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To Electrify Myanmar, Build The Grid From The Outside In
In the context of the 21st century, we can’t end poverty without ending energy poverty.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- energy access
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Can Banks Play a Role in Improving Resilience to Climate Change?
In this article, we share some of the recent evidence on these tools––specifically, savings groups, digital financial products, remittances, and flexible credit products. We believe these findings can help FSPs when designing products for poor households around the globe, and we also encourage more testing to ensure such products are both profitable for providers and beneficial for consumers.
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- Environment, Finance
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- climate change
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Press Release: UNDP and IRENA Join Forces to Advance Low-Carbon Energy Transition
Under the cooperation, the organizations will explore joint initiatives aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Agenda 2030, and stimulating renewable energy investments in developing countries.
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- Energy
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How to Become a Founding Member of the Libra Association
To be a validator node and founding member, organizations will need to meet technical requirements and specific evaluation criteria. If the conditions are met, upon approval, the Enterprise will have to make an initial minimum investment of $10 million worth of Libra Investment Tokens issued by the Association. Nonprofits will not be required to make the initial investment.
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- Finance
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Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked
Customers interested in holding or transferring Facebook’s newly-announced Libra token will be given a number of options to do so, the company announced Tuesday, with an initial focus on international remittances.
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- Finance
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Supporting Smallholder Farmers against Big Agriculture
Since most Ugandans live in rural areas, raising agriculture incomes is critical to reducing poverty, boosting prosperity and creating jobs, especially for women and youth.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Gender Equality Can Help Build Sustainable Peace
Persuading private investors to back projects that advance gender equality calls for concerted efforts to show that empowering women could reduce risks and enhance overall outcomes, especially in creating sustainable peace in conflict-affected regions around the world.
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- Finance
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Ethiopia’s Tech Startups Are Ready to Run the World, but the Internet Keeps Getting Blocked
As a heavily regulated market with low internet penetration, young techies in the Horn of Africa nation, he says, already suffer from the negative perception that they couldn’t be where Africa’s next high-tech workforce is nurtured.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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